CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1,9 Elizabethan outfit twice given tea, I hear, plus water (7,3,4) 5 Put possible damper on leading trek that’s heavily trodden (7) 9 See1 10 Get your kicks to give indication of unusable function (4,3) 11 One from the lunatic fringe creates additional fog by putting a substitute in the centre (9) 12 Those people attract everyone initially to subject (5) 13 Used it almost all up with powerful surges (5) 15 You once took to beaches in vast numbers (9) 16 Fix the part I’m to play in long-winded rambling procedure (9) 18 Displayed fury, having been heartlessly baited (5) 21 Smiles exist in written form (5) 22 Likely route from Scotland to Dover, say, by small vessel on Russian river (3,6) 24, 27 Cowardly weapon pointing the wrong way gets met with food for children (7,7) 26 What one may have in state of intense alarm, who knows it’s entered before time (7) 27 See 24 28 Give a musical speech in a lazy way, but fast (7)

DOWN

1 1 Divide a restaurant’s taking with beloved (7) 2 Modernised working with apt dude (7) 3 First summer spent in Cornish resort is free (5) 4 Even bit of thrush incorporated into famous Renaissance painting (3,5,2,5) 5 Circus performer, drunk, gives leeway to outdoor enthusiast (9,6) 6 Beer that’s light and has no head on it (3) 7 One part is peculiarly versatile (7) 8 Shows indecision about this red revolution (7) 12 Puzzle out energy used in incapacitating weapon (5) 14 Prevents escape of marine animals (5) 16 Authoritative rule has run out concerning point of no return (7) 17 Having a good chew may win gang over (7) 19 Divine pronouncement by Nietzsche is a blessing (7) 20 Daddy’s at his limits in taking on unpleasant and powerful family (7) 23 Freely available at the touch of a touchscreen, perhaps (2,3) 25 Kate misses original target with Scottish jackdaw (3)