CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Class of tiger, say, or first sighting of yeti (8) 9 What angle best shows off church lands? (6)

10 Stick to this firm (6)

11 Not glad I read out “Caesar aderat forte”, for example (3,5)

12 Misreads every other letter returning Indian garment (4)

13 Feature of Prince Street, for example, including post office, is spring provision (10) 15 Make a bid to be sent back to reside in Westmorland town (7)

17 Dent rod when trampled, trampled (7) 20 Deliver at your earliest convenience halfread message by way of an excuse (2,1,7) 22 Drinks consommes, perhaps, lacking old ingredient (4) 24 Coin that’s now a distant object (8) 26 Onreflection,repudiateshavingfishedwith large net (6)

27 Put sheep in enclosure under restraint (4-2) 28 Pair sold arrangement with which to join motorway (4,4)

DOWN

1 Evidence receives knockout blow in American state (6)

2 Repairing engineers’ phone (8) 3 Arrive at fence crossing over first burn with something to eat (10)

4 Why damn works of sci-fi writer? (7) 5 Showing excited eagerness since gravity ended (4)

6 Fibber took editor up with sabotage (6) 7 Trust in real cine is misplaced (8) 14 Jolly Roger, say, finds constant speed’s trendy (6,4)

16 Spend a long time in corridors (8)

18 I join rough sleepers in files (8)

19 Sing the impromptu rendering of sixth century warrior (7)

21 Vegetable shows reversion on turnover (6) 23 Temporary building that’s pretty fabulous, as far as it goes (6)

25 Game introduced by Paris pyromaniac (1-3)