CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Does this worm need moat to swim? (8) 9 Re-wrap parcel from 1930s, say (3-3) 10 Miniver is squashed, with heart ripped out, being undesirable animal (6) 11 Attempt to reverse help given to work in foot treatment (8) 12 Never-ending mockery of fate by press (4) 13 Get simple animal to rest _ don’t force or hurry (4,4,2) 15 Peculiar place is peculiar (7) 17 Knife wound resulted in being confined indoors as ... (7) 20 ... osteopath and medium arranged to stay in (4,2,4) 22 Register body odour as fine (4) 24 Nicola’s doctor swallows tonic initially (8) 26 Be party to agreement to marry due to sexual drive (6) 27 Exudations from pine etc luckily rinses out (6) 28 Fuel acceptance of new prison in marriage relationship (8)

DOWN

1 Swerve to north-east concealed with something to disguise true situation (6) 2 Wave of amplified frequency can cause damage over 1 degree Centigrade (8) 3 Resist shop assistant’s performance? (10) 4 Storm about experiment on English representative (7) 5 Music player with stand for instrument missing vacant tour (4) 6 Marquis made sad entry in writing (2,4) 7 Fracture, perhaps, in receding may cause slight depression (8) 14 How eyes, they say, should be run over short letter showing where to sign (6,4) 16 Vegetables put in pan with a bit of trotter (8) 18 Shade into endless postnatal depression (4,4) 19 Moulding savoury and sweet foods (7) 21 Leavin’ car at kerb, say _ it’s a piece of cake (6) 23 Alternative to transaction is trial (6) 25 On reflection, people’s leaders hold otherwise (4)