CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Money-raising festival event could mean an added bonus at work (6,7) 10 Was conned, etc, trained up to be banded together (9) 11 Peaceful girl from Ayrshire new to the area (5) 12 Rest let out to build a temporary table (7) 13 Flies a plane after a setback on a Roman road (7) 14 Tries, say, to come back in European vessel (6) 16 Was able to turn over rival, etc. Straight up! (8) 18 Have relations with some members of a closed community (8) 20 Odds on having to get old measures at times (6) 23 Try to invigorate creature cut short, having little time at the end (7) 24 A chemical element is back on line with firm name (7) 26 Rumour that a small number is expected, by the end (5) 27 Deserters may change direction, taking cover on Sunday (9) 28 To live with fourth team needs style, just like approach by GP (7,4)

DOWN

2 Manage, say, to go back to find lots of grazing land (5) 3 No hospital department could get on track, so refused access (2,5) 4 Two hands meet up with respect (6) 5 Arrange closing ceremony to mark the final moves on board (8) 6 Old priest is caught up in road-race with one born to rule (7) 7 I’d clean it out, all the same (9) 8 May break up some intellectuals; or are they blockheads? (13) 9 May feel smaller, up to a point. It’s insanity (13) 15 Let’s rise up taking on one to decontaminate (9) 17 Did a salesman dine with an editor again and again? (8) 19 In the US, pistols used in early races, with little hesitation (7) 21 Arranged to put in place a pedestrian crossing (7) 22 A little boy taking hard run, had to find retreat (6) 25 Lacked energy to produce something, in case (5)