CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Incline one in advance to sip drop, see? (10)

6. Johann Sebastian took taxi back to hospital (4)

10. It is homework for the country dweller (7,8)

11. It is essential, in stir, to be endlessly nice about it (9)

12. Red dye used in the kitchen, naturally (5)

13. One invited to get us in a muddle (5)

15. One born to a place such as Vietnam is endlessly confused (6)

19. Tree never needs to give back its surface beauty (6)

20. Go back over it with harness-racing horse from east to west (5)

23. The church had some old bird round for coffee (5)

24. Communities represented by HMS Belfast and HMS Exeter? (9)

26. The sort of fighting that stinks? (8,7)

27. Made an advance from Ash Wednesday (4)

28. Skeet is like a flying saucer (4,6)

DOWN

1. Getting ready to leave rugby players in Gateshead (7)

2. Having the right book, in the end (8)

3. Give him a right bit of porcelain from Japan (5)

4. A pleasure-ground where sapele can flourish (9)

5. Various icons dealing with sound (5)

7. Doing duty for another while playing one’s part (6)

8. Constable’s work in AA: why change it? (3,4)

9. It’s an easy victory once the drive is finished (8)

14. Having a motif that mice can represent (8)

16. A casual line on a freely distributed handbill (9)

17. At being in busy setting, set it going (8)

18. Funny sort of claim company is first to make (7)

21. Advertising bill appears on the north gate at the back (7)

22. To show film of a white board at Lord’s (6)

24. Show what’s coming by way of game track (5)

25. A khan is, and are, arranged (5)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across 1. Burst 4. Airship 8. A stitch in time

10. Hinge 11. Owns 12. Move 16. Overt 17. Consideration 19. Radical

20. Dread

Down 1. Branch-officer 2. Rot 3. Tetchy 4. Aching 5. Runner

6. Heirlooms 7. Predetermined 9. Contained 13. Zodiac 14. Reveal

15. Strand 18. Ice