CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Emotional release of heretic sister (9)

6. What refugees did outside I placed on record (5)

9. Fungus beginning to taint nettle (7)

10. Did individual ingesting Ecstasy become less intense? (3,4)

11. High office with power and official accommodation (10) 12. Mother’s taken off least skimpy garment (4)

14. Unfortunately, I can’t stop doing that! (3,2) 15. Having a particular capacity to bond with opponent in camp (9) 16. Villain concerned with what’s needed to get hold of legacy (9) 18. Rocky island exporting small breed of cattle (5)

20. Half of liquid cleansers may be fake (4)

21. For each soft drink has to run drinks machine (10)

25. A trick nearly takes in couple? That’s tough (7)

26. Folly to finish back in service (7)

27. Shame about hard Concise (5)

28. Speaker on platform reported one changing room that’s shabby? (9)

DOWN

1. Distressed copper’s taken up to station (3,2)

2. Spring baby has a nature that’s unruly

(7)

3. A fine story about damsel’s end in distress (10)

4. Untreated skin rolled on the tongue (5)

5. Used civet sprayed around to be alluring (9)

6. Resistance when cutting payment on the house (4)

7. As some popes are showing the nature of pride? (7)

8. Work done on bridge, perhaps damaged its end with crack (9) 13. Re-offender ends restraint before queen (10)

14. Perhaps pack instrument for player on the fiddle (9)

15. Came across unruly youth around lively partygoers (9)

17. Place on examination gets enthusiastic approval (7)

19. Sappers deal with withdrawal (7)

22. Funny pear’s not English (5)

23. Pipe up about title being brought up (5) 24. Reluctant to talk about name for rabbit (4)