CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Seeing women’s group, blushing and overexcited (5)

8 Miners have online assembly, according to how many there are (9)

10 Write to understand thought (6)

11 Plummet in crashing waves with din (4,4)

12 Commencement opened way to being given a fright (8)

13 Island location of Scottish girl who’s not initially strong (4)

15 Bring about disorder op cured (7)

17 Establish how dead king, say, is to lie (7)

20 Sign of damage to limestone cliff (4)

22 Orders to be sent off by police officer from Yorkshire resort (7)

25 Dealing with fellow opposed to original game (8)

26 and 28 Where cats like to knock things no longer negotiable (3,3,5)

27 Company leaning towards making cuban dance formation (5,4)

28 See 26

DOWN

1 Does remit turnout to indicate source of cheap merchandise? (4,5)

2 Assessed value certain to be found in ancient beverage (8)

3 Remote chance, perhaps, for team that’s been eliminated (7)

4 People accept, for example, a “no” (8)

5 and 6 Offering affection in very close contact (4,2,5)

9 Hear what they do in 1 prisoner’s compartment (4)

14 Dally thus in disarray in swotters’ room (5,4)

16 Vehicle and textile making in English city (8)

18 Plant to load tax irregularly over frequency (8)

19 and 23 Take forever and collapse from exhaustion in screen action (4,3,4)

21 See 24

23 see 19

24 and 21 proverbially blind character accused of offence in police assault (5,6)

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