CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: NO. 28,875

Across

1 Dismiss concerto, say, that sparkles all too briefly? (8) 5 Plug in items in the kitchen the wrong way round (4) 9 Coming from a northern place, Poles should embrace part of southern Europe (8) 10 Auditor’s guarantee to the bank (6)

11 Early Protestant religious teaching given by prior (8) 12 Division used in school course (6)

14 Mistakenly books entry with no means to pay (5-5) 18 Enterprise scheme (10) 22 Little building done after 1945? (6) 23 Pretensions intense when heading left in plane, high-fliers’ rate? (3,5)

24 Pretty nieces short of energy, unusually cold (6) 25 Using a fine-tooth comb every sixty seconds? (8)

26 Act of cheating winger reported (4)

27 Action’s modified to get to grips with golf? One’s sceptical (8)

Down

2 About to touch nude’s cold shoulder (6)

3 Something to scare people with and carry, being insecure (3,3)

4 American’s property is rank, covered by concrete (4,6)

6 Examine public transport’s appliance of science? (4,4)

7 Kent’s changing situation – ‘smart’ people no longer call here (5,3)

8 Service bringing in tourists – jam’s expected sooner or later, depending on area (5,3)

9 Slave Queen depicted in science fiction (4)

13 Ineffective but repaired via nail gun (10)

15 Taken in by Jedi’s pose, Darth got shot (8)

16 Minced veal, fine Greek food (4-4)

17 Sweet that’s Italian or American – I ruin it when served up (8)

19 Key duo forged to get cash in Europe once (6)

20 Begrudge being posted again (6)

21 Tense, like a fence in ‘Atton Garden? (4)