Last Week’s Cryptic

ACROSS

1. Cobblers demands: the bar is about to close! (4,6)

6. Pop group: The Palindrome (4)

10. Feature alternative rat (7)

11. Military man traded for money – that’s right! (7)

12. Reprobate mother in port city (9)

13. Check gold, said French (5)

14. Cap gamble over the queen (5)

15. Frantic assignment about a telepath (9)

17. Very important – the Communist Manifesto perhaps? (3,6)

20. Na decapitated – detestation! (5)

21. Heart broken planet (5)

23. Supply a barrier, they say – it’s a scream! (9)

25. Day with a broken urinal – every day! (7)

26. Understanding over a very small distance – another urinal, perhaps! (7)

27. Return a sly glance at the dance (4)

28. A thousand with five dollars and a line for the last match of the season (5,5)

DOWN

1. Change, alter – but not yet (5)

2. Dumbfounded small traditional madman and journalist (9)

3. Alternatively – where an amputee might wear a wedding ring (2,3,5,4)

4. Scorned, be free in the act (7) 5. Continues CVs (7)

7. Sightless Venetian? (5)

8. Broadcast strange master – could be only a draft (9)

9. Discover Europe sales fly – do what you like! (6,8)

14. Ban the offer of a hotel worker (9)

16. Life – a Disney creation? (9)

18. Equipment right for footballer? (7)

19. Try for a new job concerning public transport (7)

22. French red, a libertine around general (5)

24. Faithful after king changes sides (5)

Solution next week