CROSSWORD

Clues across

4. Sound like a kid put the French into bat (5) 6. Nicer post arranged for a police officer (9) 10. Trunk of a horse coming back in molten glue (7) 11. Complaining bitterly at bar (7) 12. Legacy includes my beginning a retreat (9) 13. Impose a heavy blow with a variety of items (5) 14. Furious printers measure newspaper leader writer (7) 17. Even if time is short, attention is required here (7) 20. Learner in vessel is swell (5) 22. Henry appears in garment I tailored, a frightful sight (9) 25. Weapon is over-expensive – millions (7) 26. Lounges left by untidy Tories (7) 27. Clone rich characters, make the paper (9) 28. Wore being hoaxed (3,2)

Clues down

1. Union formed by some former Germans (6) 2 “The Last Word”, the second half of epic, returns to the screen (6) 3. Delinquent about to shoot aimlessly (6) 4 Stroppy loafer turns up with greeting and enthusiasm initially (7) 5. Darting around doing business (7) Fit user out with an overabundance (7) Start to talk poorly being a follower (7) 9. A knave with a nasty urge to embrace love (5) 15. Communist caviar is taken back after the middle of March so request more (7) 16. Candy I’m cooking to be full of energy (7) 18. Plume used on hat in historic reconstruction, one I cut (7) 19. Betrayal by corrupt senator (7) 20. ABC is stupidly elementary (5) 21. Means of transport for schools (6) 23. Whip again, upset someone with a handicap (6) 24. Makes corrections as afternoon begins (6)