CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Distinctly say it looks as if one can express oneself freely (10)

6. As tart as a plain-clothes branch can be (4)

10. General advertising of what overlies the sheets? (7,8)

11. Is passing about ten trains (9)

12. Tea in preparation for beings (5)

13. A monarch will reign, right? (5)

15. Slug, a solid dot in print (6)

19. If the emblem is lit, register for unemployment benefit (4,2)

20. Symbol respected by small child takes me aback (5)

23. Around six, a hat may look leadencoloured (5)

24. Goes looking for the gold on the (wide) streets (9)

26. Individual attention given to delivyer of this sort (8,7)

27. Looked at how spotted it was (4)

28. He’ll tell whether it sounds like him (10) DOWN

1. How to make the bar tire of a judge (7)

2. Labours at Rivals revival (8)

3. All the good things of life — and ale, too (5)

4. It is in brittle form with the rubbish it contains (6,3)

5. An old woman intefrering with the rainbow (5)

7. Pure speed initiated by carbon (6)

8. To pass on is difficult for an irreconcilable consevrative (3-4)

9. Forceful macho characters taken in by a veterinarian (8)

14. A shower unit (8)

16. Angles, out for a lobster (9)

17. One who has it in store (8)

18. Repel, as it might, a falling-back (7)

21. Use arms as an expert in kneading (7)

22. Disinclined to a piece that rhymes (6)

24. Is softly forte for this instrument (5)

25. Harbour a gate-like structure (5)