CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Many stampeding causing this? (8)

6 Subtle change to pad on skirt (6)

9 Come to a hill (6)

10 Deacons I exchanged for bishop! (8)

11 Soft thick lump covers most of material (4)

12 Some without regard are extravagant (5)

13 Kay at home with Kelvin found imperfection (4)

14 People shouldn’t laugh at his theatrical performance (8,5)

17 Tireless, freely defeating bail (13)

20 Force laboratory to produce fat (4)

22 Betsy, Rupert etc consumed sweet liquid (5)

24 Left one betting in a manner of speaking (4)

25 Mother’s queueing for train carrier (4,4)

26 Seat placed by starting place (6)

27 What pupils have in summer (6)

28 Stepping on tricky gradient (8)

DOWN

2 Twin converted rum soul (7)

3 How saint spoke nervously? (9)

4 Get right into opening passage (5)

5 Travel like those in Amsterdam and pay one’s own share (2,5)

6 Missile that will make a comeback (9)

7 Said skewer is for meat (5)

8 Driver waiting for chance to pass (7)

15 I name style that’s currently favoured (2,7)

16 Banned after due time before Penny once had put it in columnar form (9)

17 Fell, I am stumbling in disrepute (3,4)

18 Wrong fellows in agony (7)

19 Oriental disturbed sea bird (7)

21 Additional payment that is good in France and America (5)

23 Have five-sevenths of body of constables (5)