CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Glass with handle from which one drank at random (7)

5. Dry like the wine in the portions one cuts in two (7)

9. One’s being eleven among ’teens maybe is only half nice (9)

10. An actual mountaintop kingdom (5)

11. It goes up, in case (5)

12. Carouse as does entry of ‘to go wrong’ in my setting (4,5)

13. Spoil the firm with chukkas while he explored China (5,4)

16. Having HQ, like, in part of the garden (5)

17. The devil of an army doctor in the vice-haunt (5)

18. Raising one French good woman backing fish (9)

20. Sought support for an oil painting, but in Latin (9)

23. Illumination is, for a boxer, a weight around 61 kilos (5)

25. What do you want – blood? He’s the one to approach! (5)

26. Be attracted to it, at encompassment by last resting-place (9)

27. Deferential esteem: that’s a consideration (7)

28. Sticks to the place I’m in among the advertisements (7)

DOWN

1. Mineral rock among those supplying a demonstrable principle (7)

2. They’re hard, they say, but may be brought up to scratch (5)

3. Anne broke right foot badly post-midday (9)

4. Booby-trapped, upset – and that’s material (5)

5. Mechanical failure the antithesis of crack-up? (9)

6. It’s watery in blood and shows hesitation in total (5)

7. In India an attendant was a fellow, Sir, as sorted out (9)

8. Russian pet does get confused with the month (7)

14. They chew things over: curious, in models of industry! (9)

15. Omission such as the periscope may offer (9)

16. Two- or four-man vehicle for Robert soundly to slaughter (9)

17. Game settling outcome of Scotland Yard in Bucks (7)

19. Infers it’s what a dressmaker sometimes does (7)

21. To be in harmony, silver is concerned with the East (5)

22. Play the doctor a man has failed to finish (5)

24. Egg varnish could be thrown from argil (5) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across: 1. Gate-crasher 8. Etiolate 9. Root

10. Storm 13. Near 16. Onus 17. Milk 18. Moth 20. Screw 24. Newt

25. Marinade 26. Celebration

Down: 2. Aria 3. Eclat 4. Rotor 5. Heron 6. Development 7. Storekeeper

11. Overs 12. Minor 14. Evil 15. Quit 19. Hotel 21. Chair 22. Evict

23. Halo