Prize crossword

Across

1 Open boat propelled by paddles (5) 4 Vivid pink, also a plant ( 7) 8 Coloured liquid used for writing ( 3) 9 Counted- thread embroidery (9) 10 Woman whose husband has died (5) 12 Vanilla ---, baking ingredient ( 7) 15 Place a bet (6)

17 Fifty --- Darker, second in E. L. James’ erotic trilogy (6) 20 Coffee waiter ( 7) 23 Travel by bike (5) 25 Visual technique used to make cartoons (9) 26 Section of a play ( 3) 27 Sea mammal with a long snout and fin ( 7) 28 Intense light beam (5)

Down

1 Natter, gossip ( 7) 2 Jamie Oliver, the --- chef (5) 3 --- grease, hard physical work (5) 4 Device to hold a cross stitch project in place (5) 5 Sweet baked goods (5) 6 Ladled ( 7) 7 Joint between the leg and the foot (5) 11 Spherical shape ( 3) 13 Strip of cloth worn over one shoulder (4)

14 Cold ---, James Nesbitt TV series (4) 16 --- arts, karate or judo, eg. ( 7) 18 --- Dream Will Do, Joseph hit ( 3) 19 Pullover ( 7) 20 Woven decorative edge (5) 21 Secret hoard (5) 22 Creature from another world (5) 23 Man- made waterway (5) 24 Lesson (5)