CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Precious stone discovery turned to pride (7) 5 Place bet with titled widow (7) 9 Part of body injured in big race (7) 10 Was granny ruler at site of Chinese massacre? (7) 11 Aggressively approaching accountancy firm who overcharge (9) 12 Publicity fuss at Spanish gallery (5) 13 Bessy nods off somewhat at church assembly (5) 15 Most rough time ensued after several meat dishes (9) 16 Reported to conceal park warden in garden shrub (9) 18 Quantity of American flower (5) 21 Skinflint’s financial resources (5) 22 Lets ice-cream fall? Have a pancake (4,5) 24 British union with the French doubled with Hawaiian instrument (7) 26 Take advantage of, thanks to horse (3,4) 27 Skills of tv fashionista seen in youngster’s vehicles (2-5) 28 Brand journalist who committe darson(7)

DOWN

1 Outcasts cast out by a parish (7) 2 Massage idol to the point of no return (7) 3 Depicts downfall of grass (5) 4 Best dogs hitched to run away with worldly success (3,5,7) 5 Knock it off to stay at home doing a session of computer work (4,2,2,5,2) 6 Cyst arose afresh (3) 7 Smirk that I’m in a state free from sin (7) 8 Dress from couturier doesn’t end up as weed (7) 12 Student is young thing, independent learner (5) 14 Doctor gives assents to delivery vehicles (5) 16 German home of food dished up with bacon (7) 17 Make one bed and go AWOL (2,1,4) 19 Thin cow? Turns out to be very thin indeed (3-4) 20 I sorted out hormonal drug (7) 23 Great boss! (5) 25 To confer rights on original ethnography is human tendency (3)