Crossword

MORE CROSSWORDS IN TABLOID!

ACROSS

1 Outskirts of Brisbane left right behind too (7)

5 Blue landscape depicted by old boy (7) 9 Carpenter’s mate with uniform held in stomach, sadly English droopy feature (6,9) 10 Measure edge (4) 11 Husband rather routine? (5) 12 Duck enclosure not bolted (4)

15 Mob means one takes this route on ship (7)

16 Kind of clothing article oddly missing pleat Mary sent back (7)

17 Revolution mainly works in theatre – one with unique outlook (7)

19 Current will flow through non-stop, I calculate (7) 21 Space dock approached the wrong way (4)

22 Explorer that travels via land, water and air (5)

23 Called relative making good move to the East End (4) 26 It turns men soppy, meeting celebrity player (15) 27 Regular howler, having damaged car by getting by (7) 28 Nick is closer, in an aggressive way (7)

DOWN

1 Making deliveries, being personally inclined to keep left (7)

2 Corrupt councils’ foe’s cunning, in an awkward way (4-11)

3 Forbidding daughter to join quartet with no following (4)

4 Announced as Jun-Aug, in brief (7)

5 One studying vision of love is taken in by sect (7)

6 It’s in Home Counties locale (4)

7 Chopped-up spam in mac with cheese as fall-back option? (6,9)

8 Going on and on about first sign of trucks breaking road up (7)

13 Presently being full of whisky, black out (5) 14 Forecasters backed Italian runner’s speed (5)

17 One ace – clubs – following, say, queen of hearts (7) 18 Agent stocking cold spirit and other alcohol (7) 19 Income deposited rises, protecting man at the top (7) 20 Barge in having lost some shades? (7) 24 Department that’ll give you an A in geometry (4) 25 ‘Georgia, Georgia on my mind?’ No, out of it (4)