C R Y P T I C C R O S S WOR D

ACROSS 9 Walk quietly past market,

having turned back (5) 10 See zebra moving

east in wind (3,6) 11 Artist sits awkwardly being

welcomed in West? (7) 12 A new excitement when king emerges from earthy mound (3,4) 13 One has darkness, no end, in native dwelling (5) 14 Carol wrapping Ted maybe in protective covering (9) 16 Fruit obtainable from

San Marino garden (8,7) 19 Worried rodent

met snakes (9) 21 Groan maybe as recipient

of holy letter (5) 23 Minister embraces a device for generating energy (7) 25 There’s little right in

Dad being more distant (7) 27 Bug one’s caught?

Supplement will limit cold (9) 28 Extremist contributing

to awful tragedy (5)

DOWN 1 Cook cutting out a part

of vegetable? (4) 2 Fellow on phone gets

prize-winning novelist (6) 3 Bishop’s office copies

tape improperly (10) 4 Like groups offering

worldly goods (6) 5 A form of rule in Home Counties,

supported by very old city (8) 6 Rubbish ultimately

attracting rubbish (4) 7 Shy, taking clothes off etc? (8) 8 Modern bits of language

spreading gloominess (10) 13 Unimportant stuff this person’s

brought to the fore (10) 15 Unfaithful love rat, suitor

gets upset about (10) 17 Chap blocks road in that revolutionary conqueror’s home region (8) 18 Pause during session with one needing little time (8) 20 Champion fed up,

having obtained goal (6) 22 Volunteers landing on Caribbean country but not a Pacific island (6) 24 Understanding the performance, he won’t participate (4) 26 Bit of money made by

heartless competitor (4)