TELEGRAPH CROSSWORDS

Across

1 Cuts into two parts, taking half second (7) 5 Bill is an aristocrat, it’s said (7) 9 A temple ornament? (5) 10 Fear capture (9) 11 Letter-openers? (10) 12 Beast left one with no going back (4) 14 It’s not in one’s own interest to display it (12) 18 Mistakenly denounces art that’s now done without thinking (6,6) 21 Articulates further and sums up (4) 22 Torch left burnt residue in passage (10) 25 Musters to call for drink (7,2) 26 Gather information, alternating with the French (5) 27 Uncle out to get us – that’s the heart of the matter (7) 28 A game cut short (7)

Down

1 Little girl with fish to sell down the river (6) 2 Drink that is mixed and cast around (6) 3 Changed circumstances may put a different complexion on them (10) 4 Checks foundation garments (5) 5 Sadly Pat and Ernest split up for now (2,7) 6 Signals and strikes the ball? (4) 7 Tune died out, in need of revising (8) 8 Insisted on getting amended order (8) 13 Having surveyed houses one may warn of future problems (10) 15 The last people you expect to see in knockout competitions (9) 16 Two fools in killer combination (8) 17 One that’s learned what’s not practical (8) 19 Old guards about to get settled (6) 20 Attitude that a driver may take on a course (6) 23 A shade sanctimonious in the main (5) 24 Manage to get note supporting policeman (4)