cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Extremely short journeys –

walks! (7)

5 Promote more (7)

9 Depressed by a student grant

(5)

10 Go too far, seeing 24 in

public (9)

11 Characteristic of a man to be

very quiet in water (5,5)

12 Plant seeing first of many

poorly (4)

14 Seat occupied by a professor

of pop? (7,5)

18 One takes cap off seeing nerve required in front of batsman (6-6)

21 Smoker invested in inhalant,

expecting returns (4)

22 Almost missed call, being

captain (10)

25 Fall in love and despair! (4,5)

26 Tree snake seen regularly (5)

27 Ledger shows father with

new boy fine (3,4)

28 Detectives run from ruthless

criminal (7)

DOWN

1 Compromise a manager

securing rating (6)

2 Cargo coming after soldiers

charge again (6)

3 Stops working in Irish county

seats (5,5)

4 Exclusive company taken in by

concession (5)

5 Independent European country

importing fish (9)

6 Regret adopting son’s cunning

plan (4)

7 Troublemaker in gaol sadly

supporting house (8)

8 Shakes, coming across river

snakes (8)

13 Put one’s foot down seeing expert cover Electra complex (10)

15 Reject drink (5,4)

16 A graduate teacher full of inventive lies went down line (8)

17 Times will support seating areas for spectators and is ready to act (6,2)

19 Green fruit mostly going with

favourite shellfish (6)

20 A long time entertaining National Trust representatives (6)

23 Heads eat out in case of

parents (5)

24 Go away and film endlessly (4)