PUZZLES: test your skills

ACROSS

1. Ornamental tufts 5. Female farm animals 10. Car engine enhancer, … charger 11. Adds latest news, … the report 12. Night attire 14. Confident 16. NT wilderness area, … Land 18. Large-toothed monkey 20.Insistent desire 21. Foul, disgusting 24.Italian potato pasta 25. Swashbuckling Tassie-born movie legend, … Flynn 27. Ribbon waistband 28.Sleep-inducing song

DOWN

2. Broadcast, put to … 3. Thunder and lightning event, electrical … 4. Movie, Thelma & … 6. Aquatic ball game (5,4) 7. Discover, … out (slang) 8. Temporary, … measure (4-3) 9. Port city in southern Ukraine 13. Places where railway lines cross 15. Publicly reveals 17. Moral principles 19. As an alternative, … of (2,4) 22. Just right 23.Chocolate goodies, Easter … 26.Chafe, fray

Solution in next month’s issue.