CROSSWORD Peter Chamberlian No. 719

ACROSS

1 Closely pursue the continuation (6-2)

9 Interpreter setting forth (8)

10 Chaps curse their clothing (8)

11 State something special as Katharine discovered therein (6)

12 Not a leader of fashion in the field! (9)

13 One jacket almost on fire (6)

15 Sound sheepish (3)

17 Department dealing with wellbeing has this device to prevent injury (6,3,6)

20 Paid nothing inside for seedcase (3)

21 Joseph put black mark on collection (3,3)

24 Plant in lane, get organised (9)

25 Ministers’ unusually grey class first (6)

26 Go up with rage developing

amongst contemporaries (3,5)

27 Grace’s to remove snail (8)

28 A strange flower, the cuckoo pint (4,4)

DOWN

2 Beat Coe, mover extraordinaire (8)

3 Inside nautilus, tremendous sheen (6)

4 Architect, chief with adjustable spanner (6)

5 Trooper nags Anna about one who is not welcome (7,3,5)

6 Vessel in which to find merry sailors? (9)

7 Fellow diner has food from Eton and tea from Paraguay (8)

8 Arty gets revised plan (8)

14 Tactics used by robust member? (9)

15 Bachelor with Penny accepted a roll ? (3)

16 Reckon to do sums (3)

17 Hurried taking knave in who had stolen en route (8)

18 Nice beam recreating atmosphere of an environment (8)

19 Undisturbed taking more than half the drug (8)

22 Boat used by cricketer on the water in France (6)

23 Bit of a waster, Oliver consuming alcohol (6)