cryptic crossword
ACROSS
1 Account by about 21 people
in court? (7)
5 Recover from fresh miracle (7)
9 Spontaneous remark from District Attorney upset lawyers in Boston, initially (23)
10 Cause of increase in damage?
(9)
11 Specialist almost spoilt
niece’s encounter (10)
12 Fish deep (4)
14 Provoke colleague from time
to time (12)
18 Results obtained from
prisoner with chains (12)
21 Bond ignoring female with
diamonds, pre-owned (4)
22 Appeal again for rehearsal
(10)
25 Put out fire – enter block (9)
26 Financial help rejected by
one northern country (5)
27 Do shout to limit male’s
sleeping (7)
28 Some get here safely in May?
(7)
DOWN
1 Inspire article about what
follows funeral (6)
2 Spiritual leader lacking energy
in chapel I roused (6)
3 Paper is after loan before
editor’s removed (10)
4 Go right inside disreputable
bar (5)
5 Thought to take out large
meal (9)
6 Cleaner reluctant to scrub
yard (4)
7 Before noon, one Liberal
Democrat’s friendly (8)
8 Imagination Disney stirred up
inside me (5,3)
13 Unsettled at home and fed
up, I fool with ecstasy (10)
15 A goddess intended to be
heartless for fun (9)
16 Oscar caught by copper and possibly spotted getting tied up (8)
17 Nuts aren’t about to worry
animal (8)
19 Toy instrument (6)
20 Burbank – a rather gripping
city (6)
23 Plane on time for gettogether (5)
24 Melody from American lifted
atmosphere (4)