LONDON TIMES CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Object to play after expertise is seen with poem (8)

5 I want to be 12 and barrel about around Norfolk town mostly (6) 10 A crossword might give you one flipping laugh a minute! (3,6)

11 One of the army brass must advance left in surge? (5) 12 Contrary uni boss drinks in King’s Head out of habit (5)

13 Early Trump era atrocious, distressing essentially (9) 14 10 workers touring large, empty edifices without residents (10) 17 Amaze boss having made latest start on numbers (4) 19 Detest husband, a tyke without any substance (4) 20 Tough as aggressive old goats might be? (4-6)

22 Gang up with nerd to hamper one working in Beds? (9) 24 Zero-hour contract worker possibly getting old rate (5)

26 Fuss about love (5) 27 See Spot go for a new treatment in March? (5,4) Down

1 Contrary to most, grand dons hating showers? (7,3,5)

2 Line from song off a record (5) 3 God, a good walk spoiled around harbours — due to this? (8) 4 Bloke entertaining Earl is good value (5) 6 Cheery Greek character about to obtain lead over European (6) 28 Street in poverty built a home out of bits of wood (6) 29 Charlie Brown returned blocks that girl had grabbed (8) 7 Terribly dull tie is not a good match (3-6) 8 Woman in article took out what happened around 10? (3,5,7)

9 Bit of seepage with locks under pressure (8)

15 I love travelling on tours to house of ill-repute (9) 16 Genial new nurses beginning to nurture small biases (8) 18 Feeling awfully tense holding one set of holy works (8) 21 Very harsh split ending in divorce (6) 23 Big argument? No good going back over it! (5) 25 Go light (5)