CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Dedicated traveller dismal after border setback (7) 5 Old woman’s predicament on following us (7) 9 Trip over in bowler’s

approach (3-2) 10 Killing man’s heading off back — beat it! (5,4) 11,24 Marked beast, much loved, taken round Britain on display (10,4) 12 Private sector’s

tax (3) 14 Capital market’s amount of business conducted before alleged scandal? (12) 18 Force rodent outside small flat (12) 21 Female animal almost turned into a male (3) 22 Construction worker’s course? (10) 25 Being a member, where one expects to be? (2,3,4) 26 Raised bank within garden’s borders (5)

27 Screen man who rides again bearing

old dispatch (7) 28 Missile destroyed depot storing

gold (7)

Down

1 Expression shows the effects of

strain on air (6) 2 Ran through church in country (6) 3 Agent worried about reduced

hearing to return home (10) 4 Series of notes reflecting one

problem with chapter (5) 5 Value our sailors in river like

brothers (9) 6 Keep back support (4) 7 South American jockey in rave-up

(8) 8 Salad items needed: cooked meats,

too (8) 13 Forecaster who goes round the

houses? (10) 15 Baron in story meeting

magnanimously (9) 16 Scrambled last of eggs, highly

seasoned (8) 17 Elevated resilience, energy

packed, is inspiring (8) 19 Previous drink knocked back amid

cheers (6) 20 Expert locks up old books without

delay (6) 23 Copper coin couple found in yard,

perhaps, long ago (5)