Daily Mail - Friday

[Hussar]

14 down, 16 down and 27 across, please

14 down Not having a ring, 6 stood out and complained. (9 letters) P---E---D 16 down Elusive agent skirts border (6 letters) --I---
27 across Armed criminal tackles Irish fan (7 letters) A-M-R-R
...and finally 16 across: Steatite could be carved into a step and so on. (9 letters) --A-S---S

Thank you in advance for any assistance

[bibblebub]

16d) SlipPY
27a) admirer = anagram of 'armed' outside Ir.
16a) soapstone = anagram of a+step+so+on

[bibblebub]

14d) protested - depending on the answer to 6

[Dogedly]

!4 protested
16 Soapstone

[bibblebub]

i've just remembered from earlier q's that 6 is peter - so anagram of peter+st(o)od

[Hussar]

Thank you bibblebub and Dogedly - accurate and comprehensive answers. I'm v. grateful