CRYP TIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bias shown by writer with song ( 8) 9 Unsuccessful trio pulled apart by a book have to take a 50% cut ( 8) 10 Check vertical part of glass (4) 11 Steadfastness needed for each retired priest entering spiritual meeting ( 12) 13 Three notes about misbehaving class – it’s seen by staff? (4,4) 15 Purse is genuine, we’re told ( 6) 16 Body of water in summer enlarged (4) 17 Intellectual support following fashion ( 5) 18 Painful sensation in field with pressure gone (4) 20 Brood – and refuse? ( 6) 21 Salesman in ground cited as feeble ( 8) 23 A cost to a Scot moving throughout the country ( 5- 2- 5) 26 Russian river in country with source obscured (4) 27 Group of people put back golf feature – a legal omission? ( 8) 28 Comedian present with degree showing age ( 8)

DOWN

2 Judge having crooked ties with friend ( 8) 3 MPs’ incomes to get reformed? That’s sound ( 6,6) 4 Welsh politician facing test without scruples ( 6) 5 Uninspiring volunteers on edges of marquee (4) 6 Find entry form limits this writer (4,4) 7 Token panel announcing trade? (4) 8 Investigation – or probe by religious class? ( 8) 12 Teach recruit changes in style of building ( 12) 14 German woman supported by daughter in crime ( 5) 16 Spot change required in clue for ‘ tiny amount’ ( 8) 17 Place for drinking and music, with money turning over ( 3,5) 19 Guy beginning to bet in confined area in card game ( 8) 22 Artist very enthralled by, say, Persian neckwear ( 6) 24 Acknowledge a set of five letters ( not half) (4) 25 Staff in Cheshire town reportedly (4)