CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Petty officers put up with sign of old building (8)

9 Catch out in drug experience at university (4,2)

10 Farm product I love to combine with herb (6)

11 Experience consequence of 9, perhaps, when winter comes in America (4,4)

12 Part of hospital used during hostilities with deceased (4)

13 Representative at motor race almost a member of the upper classes (1,9)

15 I slum it when operating incentives (7)

17 Pretended to be in feeding frenzy (7)

20 Trendy self-contained unit at capital city has entertainment area (10)

22 Lays waste, we hear, to playing fields (4)

24 Put money on when account’s removed from acceptable package (5,3)

26 Having eaten at police office first, resume normal speed (1,5)

27 Almost witness what French call aftermath (6)

28 Speleologist took in scan of flower in eastern England (3,5)

DOWN

1 Girl who chewed manioc (6)

2 Without hesitation, give modern art a sendup for no obvious reason (2,6)

3 Fitted in neatly when took the plunge, some say, and followed (10)

4 Want to follow (2,5)

5 Type of aircraft taken up by many (4)

6 Phone card a person gave to a soul singer (6)

7 Safe glue designed for part of 5 (8)

14 Soviet troops are seen in that place when marines are present during a certain time (3,3,4)

16 Conducted a test which attempted to include everything (8)

18 Drainage in place for flower (8)

19 Abort school’s intake of soup (7)

21 Vehicle that will get better (4-2)

23 Makes imitations of firm’s bakery items (6)

25 Mistake first let in when follically challenged (4)