Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS

3. Clergyman will walk

about (5) 8. There’s firm support for modern office equipment (6) 9. Vacation course that’s useful if one wants a rise (6) 10. Heat extra well to make

the tart (4) 11. See a smart girl! (10) 12. Finally produced book of maps by end of August (2,4) 13. Extraordinarily timorous

Japanese wrestler (8) 16. Making a sorry meal, so

to speak (6,6,3) 18. Bizarre time with chat on

one particular topic (8) 21. Halfway dry (6) 23. Poor American prizefighter’s down on his luck (because he tripped?) (10) 25. Turncocks in petty

disagreement (4) 26. Organism needing oxygen – found in a beer that’s off? (6) 27. Cut close to starboard to

reach harbour (6) 28. Parts to give loser a

break (5)

DOWN

1. Graduate taken in by

pistol made of metal (6) 2. Generous political

philosophy (10) 3. It will show the damage in

a shop (5,3) 4. Where the tipple comes from at Nick’s party in Surrey? (6,9) 5. Faulty slot machine loses coins in south-east London (6) 6. Scary film featuring

rabbits (4) 7. Streaker giving a heavenly

performance (6) 12. Very good these days at

the point-to-point (5) 14. This should keep one in comfort to some degree (10) 15. With a detached retina –

damaged and sluggish (5) 17. Corporation service, a function of weight and height (4,4) 19. Place for rapid growth that’s given blanket coverage? (6) 20. Farm worker who can

give guidance (6) 22. Said to have opened right

out (6) 24. Terrible fate upset state of

mind (4)