Double Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Nest egg for the least able artist in the class? (6,6) 9 Cleaning and sorting out in labs (9) 10 Top dog gets the bird (5) 11 Tourism made valet hang around passenger terminal (6) 12 What the clear-headed elderly term a sales technique (4,4) 13 Mocked the tattered and shabby (6) 15 Guns of open war broke out by the end of July (8) 18 Study after getting first in degree, in a cold sweat (8) 19 Dealer sent back the ruddy paintings (6) 21 Man watching delivery vehicle, perhaps at the front (8) 23 A king hurt, dreadfully so! (6) 26 Notes variation in weight (5) 27 A dim sheep's turn to bloom (9) 28 City landline relaid by the way (12)

DOWN

1 Put up a lot of concrete and timber (5) 2 Let edited version stand for evidence of possession (5,4) 3 Band member robs poet of heart (4) 4 Light upon platter above (8) 5 Put me in and change for the better (5) 6 Deep-seated anger aroused in bleeding heart (9) 7 Father covered last of the itinerant salesman's pitch (6) 8 Truly join forces again? (6) 14 Environmentally sound instrument for a learner (9) 16 Beam during entrance to performance (9) 17 Made acne rise to mushroom in size (8) 18 Strip half the grime on underwear (6) 20 Least common easel to support the British artist (6) 22 Institute rights to shelter in antenatal accommodation (5) 24 Christmas trimming looms large amongst the hallowed (5) 25 Carry on plastic slat (4)