CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Put up to oppose commission for Higher Education (7) 5 Take a shine to initial couple leaving at 7 with Catholic assembly (7) 9 Tiny bit of insect captured in tin (7) 10 Fellow concealing weapon in jacket, say (7) 11 Travelling roughly through Tintin era (9) 12 More depressed with life finally in haze (5) 13 Made fun of by girl scout, we hear (5) 15 Late rings produced by these musical instruments (9) 16 Very hot urge enjoyed at breakfast time, perhaps (6,3) 18 Tends to get thin with added sugar (5) 21 Took strides in work in modern light source (5) 22 Has a go and steals act (5,4) 24 Adolescent’s eaten, eg junk (7) 26 Start to talk then walk like a duck? Nonsense! (7) 27 Singer first enters to pour out high voice (7) 28 Armed support for outspoken comic (7) DOWN 1 Licking and sticking (7) 2 College makes attempt to enter it in reverse (7) 3 The Dutch city is a huge mess (5) 4 Tent let at remand facility for filling teeth etc (6,9) 5 Flashes over ship, showing ability to be quick on the draw (9,6) 6 Motoring organisation gets hung up about one of its interests (3) 7 Content of tune quality is patchy (7) 8 Unwanted items, perhaps, that make profits (7) 12 It’s commonplace to prohibit nearly everything (5) 14 Fear of writhing adder (5) 16 Overdue – found dead in bed (7) 17 Mark to claim attention (7) 19 How to split arsenic from below (7) 20 Boy collects poems (7) 23 Bees seen when sun is not too hot (5) 25 Also called Alcoholics Anonymous when last drink swallowed (3)