CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Adapted to established woodland (6)

4. Dirt about celebrity — some hot stuff (7)

9. What might have exuded from trees in former times (5) 10. Retinue has to remain outside, holding back (9)

11. Nothing happening with girl chasing lone man at an event (9) 12. Anger with rogue husband (5)

13. Called to work before golf (4)

14. Deign to climb down after deception (10) 18. Sight of London and power attracting ancient ruler? (6,4)

20. See second container? (4)

23. What bereaved do with second container for ashes (5)

24. Be very dear and try entering downland valley (4,1,4)

25. Aromatic fragrance knocked caliph out (9) 26. What’s poetic greeting heard the country over? (5)

27. Approve last one in ‘unt? (7)

28. Go to put on weight, giving up following diet initially (6)

DOWN

1. Series of projections covering sierra journey (9) 2. Coach again is wet with downpour, perhaps (7)

3. Vote on being in state and part of Germany (6)

4. Your setter — oddly sassy and difficult to deal with (5)

5. Run into woman with desire to be illnatured (8)

6. Keep moving stone with internal magnetism (7)

7. Days on long canal (5)

8. Get annoyed about working argument over metal craft (8) 15. Family crunched its candy (8)

16. Tax link limits university with firm obligation (4-5) 17. Someone grappling with a 12’6” item? (8)

19. Touched on commercial about dairy spread that’s yet to be finished

(7)

21. Extent of public notice for data collection (7)

22. Posed holding revolutionary bag

(6)

23. Plot with hollow lime tree (5)

24. Water slide is very appealing when it’s hot inside (5)