CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8. It may slide to keep lock in place (8)

9. Term no different for the tutor (6)

10. Church tenets make this claim with company (11)

11. Avail oneself of profit from property (3)

13. IVR letters for Cyprus are sweet (5)

15. Competent, etc, if fine adjustment is made (9)

17. It’s very little by way of electronic science (15)

19. Can be seeing, among doctors, those who make patterns (9)

21. It’s all too clear there’s nothing at all on (5)

23. A native Nigerian who has gone back to witchcraft (3)

24. Never bet lap can be stopped from taking place (11)

27. Fear or making first typographical mistake (6)

28. Makes it hard enough to change in a backstreet (8) DOWN

1. A calm air imparted to squid (8)

2. An accomplished part of the foot (4)

3. Father is sick of superfluous ornament (5)

4. The precise seriousness of relative density (8,7)

5. Things left out of the Ordnance Survey about task assigned to astronauts (9)

6. Whichever city in America is given a start (3)

7. Penny took us in, being a relative (6)

12. Love it to change colour (6)

14. Might have to be relaid if it would get train off-track (6)

16. Inter airy route organised (9)

18. Ragging left out for swilling one’s throat (8)

20. It will stand for something that may be national (6)

22. Might have seen u-turn would follow (5)

25. Long for each in turn (4)

26. Is in favour of the non-amateur, in short (3)