CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

8 In the Channel Islands, say, a little dip might

be recorded as a mishap (8)

9 As a first stage, record over a large plain (6)

10 Aims to turn up with a spiced sausage (6)

11 Support for the whole lot who are abstainers

(8)

12 Champion found his place in the Roman

Empire ... (4)

13 ... and was at that plece later on, accordingly

(10)

15 A great deal in the US for an unspecified

person (7)

17 From the start, stout Cortes organised

armed guards (7)

20 One can cope with a seaman who is easy to

work with (10)

22 Engrave a portrait of a fetching model (4)

24 One might do wrong to a good farm

manager (8)

26 One deals with some easterly winds (6)

27 Give little credit to a runner in an

emergency (6)

28 At very short notice, left first years abruptly

(8)

Down

1 Overrun enemy territory in very short notice,

by the end (6)

2 Have to use a pin at the end, for designing a

smock (8)

3 Oppose an African party, at the end, with a

display of defiance (10)

4 For a second time, speak out with a speech

impediment (7)

5 A piece of land, in the main, is left at the end

(4)

6 Go away, having found a way to escape (3,3)

7 May be forced to part with a pen. It's obvious

(8)

14 European flower current at a Spring festival

(10)

16 Has Ray gone right off to the glasshouse?

(8)

18 Worked in the theatre, at some stage (8)

19 Is keeping pace with one on a swelling slope

(7)

21 A runner taking a break can come to a

standstill (6)

23 Half the crew put some fish into the right

baskets (6)

25 The leaders expected armed soldiers

yesterday. It's quite simple (4)