CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Decline dance with the President, turning 24 down over (5)

8 Is able to tear up old composition to add greater detail (9)

10 A couple of fellows, etc, turned up to influence things (6)

11 It reads true, without degree, becoming a thing of great value (8)

12 Book on the quiet, initially, to maintain the status quo (8)

13 Have one type of 14 down in a light vehicle, at the end (4)

15 Make progress, having to point to the right path (7)

17 Push one forward to get more on top management (7)

20 Start to run up small hill in a stampede (4)

22 Is about to be showing favouritism for where one is living ... (8)

25 ... and rent out one wing to a householder (8)

26 Was the the soul left behind, neither vegetable or mineral (6)

27 Having wandered about, intend to act getting right inside 9)

28 Eccentric characters might get a wrong deal (5)

DOWN

1 Act as a salesman returning, when established (9)

2 Was about to have rented out to a 25 across, when discharged (8)

3 Manage to knock down an even number (7)

4 A former pupil, in short, had a waiter acting as a witness (8)

5 Rips up a small number going back into custody (6)

6 A small hill, at the end, could be used to fatten up a 26 across for market (5)

9 Agitate to get out of a 5 down (4)

14 Sets in position on a short road, flying the flags (9)

16 At home, allow two hands to be runners, jumpers, throwers, etc (8)

18 Was a good admiral upset by old part-song (8)

19 Prepare thick soup, with some hesitation, for a close relative (7)

21 Turn over new particles to create combinations (6)

23 Was a second starter able to act as a scrutineer? (4)

24 About to 7 across, in the whole performance (5)