27Across. Expert bending steel bars (4). I have A?L?. Look like Able (expert)? But what has this to with bending shortened steel bars?!!!! Help and parsing please!
Thank you Malone. In a way I feel very stupid! But my excuse is that "bending" does not mean reverse or backwards to me, but more importantly nothing indicates it is PART of steel bars, or within steel bars, reading backwards.