WH Crossword

ACROSS

7 Mislead boy worker into agreement (9) 8 Novice aware of environmental responsibility (5) 10 Ringleader in hiding gets scolding (8) 11 Issue an analgesic (6) 12 Once-divine figure of a woman with a following (4) 13 The rat taking a delivery scoffed (8) 15 A youngster constantly involved in obstruction (7) 17 They give voice so quietly serving men turn in (7) 20 Constituents scared at seeing a register of property (8) 22 Appearing in a grey Edwardian topper to be looked at (4) 25 Technician in a better state of health (6) 26 Holds couples after I object to return (8) 27 A large cask, almost any, may be used for fish (5) 28 Get a ball specially made before key game (9)

DOWN

1 Fools with drugs? (5) 2 What’s left in trust for the youngest, a teenager (6) 3 Suggest mint tea might be taken around one (8) 4 A couple of beasts writing letters in some confusion (7) 5 Porter wrongly admitting a member earlier (8) 6 Conscience-striken, having cribbed article in the break (9) 9 Open a French affair (4) 14 Showing common sense about a fire-raising criminal (9) 16 No longer finding work as a thespian? That’s tough (8) 18 Be pressing about a certain wild animal (8) 19 To make a point, reveal blunders — quite a number (7) 21 Water colour with the right content (4) 23 Times editor rubbed out! (6) 24 Gave a hand all round (5)