cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Is mum’s seafood chowder

out of the ordinary? (5,2)

5 Mean goblin bashed elf’s

head (7)

9 Arab megalomaniac’s not all

there (5)

10 Large antelope chasing bat

over plateau (9)

11 Thoroughly chaotic in Lidl,

get close to apoplexy (10)

12 Hammer-wielder having appropriated gold from writer (4)

14 Cracking any video game in

first excursion (6,6)

18 Camouflaged creatures stay

in groups (5,7)

21 Have confidence, dance with

energy (4)

22 Information terminal in store,

share age (10)

25 Rogue ignores an argument

(9)

26 Month back, peeled oval fruit

(5)

27 Discredit knight following

mass in church (7)

28 Soldiers, exhausted, went to

bed (7)

DOWN

1 Grey hollow chimney muffles

roaring (6)

2 Top moral tale potentially

fruitful for one growing (6)

3 Chuck rugby player’s footwear

(10)

4 Misled don (3,2)

5 Unevenness of one motorway leads to blooming awful puncture (9)

6 Occasion in legend regularly

overlooked (4)

7 Repaired chair ably, short of

arm (8)

8 Approved retailers getting rid

of five European diamonds (8)

13 Leaders in government office

organised reform (2,8)

15 One unwelcome in bed, periodically displaying clock (9)

16 Chips are all over the place,

but not totally global (8)

17 Lose timid people outside

climbing mountains (8)

19 Welshman in Russian space

station, far above ground (6)

20 Advanced hospital staff can

be found here (6)

23 Keen flier, not student, right?

(5)

24 Lark rising in the afternoon

over river (4)