CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 7 Performing boy creates strange events (6-2) 9 Body part of cat probed by a practitioner, ultimately (6) 10 Fairy queen admitted to malice (6)

11 Boring book about anger and self-control, primarily (8) 12 He, for example, in holy Mecca with limbs broken (8,6) 15 There may be talk after this Fifties dance (4) 17 Allowed out of bed? That’s a relief (3-2) 19 Cover Westlife’s first hit (4) 20 Ordering again? Between the two of us, I couldn’t agree more (5,7,2) 23 Porter, say, in company with male model (8) 25 Resolve of detectives diving into river (6) 27 Witness a time trial (6) 28 Allow penalty (8) DOWN

1 Very happy to make broth (4)

2 At home, stiff and weak (6) 3 Giving rise to defeat in tie (4)

4 Like a squirrel checking its tail in light fall of snow? (6) 5 Weapon taken from section of ship under bridge (8) 6 Animated movie film a man shot about return of artist (6,4) 8 Number in science lab initially producing copy (7) 13 Hit toy, toy I mistreated, being snobbish (5-5) 14 Large Italian male, supple (5) 16 Supplied key, then made a clever remark (8)

18 Peer, seeing a young man entering security number (7) 21 Made in imitation of some items in jeweller’s at Zermatt (6) 22 Refinement shown by French resort type? Not half! (6) 24 Flower sprang up (4) 26 Decline work supporting doctor (4)