CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Freshwater cod’s not usually found in this storage facility (5,2,7) 9 Liking song by writer (8) 10 One artist on TV quiz show is

Arab (5) 12 Foodstuff farm animals finding

no good (4) 13 Finished being entertained by

mischievous beggar (10) 15 Male singer with a single exception holds special attraction (8) 16 I’m surprised US soldiers could

be the Queen’s companions? (6) 18 No huge complex is adequate

(6) 20 Drama school endlessly involved in work in USA and part of Canada (8) 23 Diagnostic technique upset

dour sultan (10) 24 Block inexperienced reporter

heading east (4) 26 With daughter absent, perhaps

son and I will deliver hot food (5) 27 Crazy male will make hard case

(8) 28 Film wet area in French cheese

bar (5,9) DOWN 2 Competitive rider always in hospital department? On the contrary (7) 3 Dismiss taking time to push out

second nail (4) 4 Piece tabloid people penned in serious paper (8) 5 Allowance taken from Horatio

Nelson (6) 6 Classroom display showing emblem of Richard III before his end (10) 7 Studying in redbrick university

(7) 8 See vet providing help for the

bat (11) 11 Cockney bigamist has this nonsense (6,5) 14 Character of the dump portrayed by French artist — only one small smear (10) 17 Me acting outrageously having a certain attraction (8) 19 Oxford University row about learner, one having no connections (7) 21 Old habit that could make beer better (7) 22 British wildcat seen in spring (6) 25 The second person in Shakespeare to get short measure (4)