CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 One caught intercepting award for examination (7) 5 Fish container I note flipped over (7) 9 Small beside six-footer, a delivery-man (5) 10 Set up company with new person (9) 11 Gave written consent in bank with defeatist manner (10) 12 Lie back with fine punch (4) 14 Naturalist close to Greta Thunberg too nervous (12) 18 Shell from Costa Rica, ordinary to ignore in sightseer’s drawer (12) 21 Card player’s net assets oddly going missing (4) 22 Trustworthy, senior to directors (5-5) 25 Turning over headwear before measuring (9) 26 Call up the night before to gain permission (5) 27 Tongue brought back to prepare oneself with meal (7) 28 Constant fiddling with lenses worn by daughter (7)

DOWN

1 Suffering long way on southeastern railway (6) 2 Diamonds disappear, five removed from German neighbour (6) 3 No good in breaking each nail – try another way (6,4) 4 Money making constant part of temptation (5) 5 Part of cycle lane, hard ground comprising bitumen, primarily (9) 6 Set learner with support (4) 7 Some layabout I question to find shop (8) 8 Parts of newspaper in Welsh decoded after time (8) 13 Cold gent upset with penny lolly in cracker (10) 15 Make attempt to tuck into chutney after top’s removed (9) 16 Shrill South American native starts to call help, yelling (8) 17 Temporary accommodation had scrap strewn about (8) 19 Sweet-talk head of casting over a part – Juliet, not Romeo (6) 20 Reptiles they don’t take away (6) 23 The latest coming up: European Union and government (5) 24 Antipodean island small, it’s said (4)