LONDON TIMES CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Plot theft at sea with criminals (10) 6 Lar ge and mischievous kid without energy (4) 10 Game learner getting into playing the violin (7) 11 Clo se as Walford’s Phil and Grant Mitchell? (7) 12 Going through changes leads to rage if unchecked (9) 13 O ne on The Post recording undercover encounters? (5) 14 Angry Birds will entertain son when wife’s out (5) 15 Lis tening device lawman refines over time (9) 17 Animal trader with pig in need of treatment (9) 20 The shark that’s seen in harbour for a while? (5) 21 P ants tune delivered by Mike Tyson (5) 23 Ne w tips on arresting CIA specialists on sight (9) 25 Acquired a word defining friend from Chambers? (7) 26 Lis t quite mi

serly offers (7) 27 Student group long to finish earlier than usual (4) 28 Continual pettiness tormented boxing king (10)

Down

1 Live in cold American blocks (5) 2 Bit of a party girl in next cubicle Spooner’s spoken of! (3,6) 3 P ress centre in fits about grand royal (8,6) 4 Music paper and magazine (7) 5 What Bow cop said he’d do to girl caught stealing dish (7) 7 Still awkward to see Penny turning Republican (5) 8 P a gets drunk with shots, having drained three at once (9) 9 P ole held by Parisian cancan dancers in minimal clothing? (6,8) 14 Be st friend hosting relations in a fine manner (9) 16 R oyal traitor written into unsophisticated story (9) 18 P erhaps access exit with dogged determination (2-2-3) 19 R ecords soldiers guarding base going topless (7) 22 Bit of a pig to get around in outskirts of Oklahoma City (5) 24 Delightful hotel accommodation for auditors (5)