SUNDAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. Bringsdownthehouse(6,3,4) 8. Churchfeature(7) 9. Beginnersorlearners(7) 11. Most appealing to senses (6) 13. Excision or expunging; obliteration (8) 15. Lay __ ____ (flop) (2,3) 16. Puts on one’s clothes (7) 18. Slices of bacon (7) 19. Assume the role of (3,2) 21. Aggressively pursues (4,4) 23.Withdraw from a political federation (6) 25.Turkish inns - "i.e. smart" break-up ? (7) 26.Settles as a score (7) 28.First man to set foot on moon (4,9) DOWN 2. Sweetandstickyliquid?(7) 3. Avenomousserpent(3) 4. Noticed,lookedor sighted (4) 5. Plaingumption?(5,5) 6. Riverinfrance(5) 7. Births,creationsorbeginnings(7) 8. Presidentoftheindiannationalcongress (5,6) 10. Bore totally with this effect ? (4,2,5) 12. Portents or road indicators (5) 14. One broadcasting or announcing about the superiority of his product ? (10) 17. Fine-grained rock (5) 18. Fit new glass (7) 20.Act of treachery against one's own nation (7) 22.Epitome, prototype or standard (5) 24.Boeing products (4) 27. Asia's neighbour, abbr. (3) 21. To finish, I'm about to get into that story of Keats (8) 23.Is second sight another paranormal experience? (4,2) 25.Works out that they're ministers (7) 26.Is this fabled fox included in a Communist story? (7) 28.They are kept from going astray by crooks (6,2,5) DOWN 2. Plustheodddate(5,2) 3. Speedyturnoverforthedivine, briefly (3) 4. Timegiven,usuallywhendeserved!(4) 5. Flightymaybe,butshehasstoriesto unfold (3-7) 6. Hell,he'sgottheupperhandintennis(5) 7. Lightfueluser?(3-4) 8. Smallchangeinapoultryfarm'sbranand pollard (7-4) 10. Do nothing but buy drinks? (5,6) 12.Chinese guild on a group of Pacific islands (5) 14. Runners - so research reveals (10) 17. Cheat pocketed a pound - or double (5) 18. Be a wicked person and torment others (7) 20.An unexpected outcome, one might say (7) 22.The chap, I see, is crazy (5) 24.Teacher is for quiet revolution or for loud (4) 27. Derision expressed by a brute without spectacles (3)