CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cause for yawning: state of indebtedness in time of prosperity (7) 5 Get current pet dish containing bit of hash (5,2) 9 Islands go crazily sliding (9) 10 Rearranged a test sample (5) 11 Part of a crèche containing a person in a high position (7) 12 Foot lever altered somehow (7) 13 Like some quilts mother from an Asian land joined together (7-5) 17 Sadly, father and the jerk make friends (12) 22 In competition, use regressive approaches (5,2) 24 Set bed next to Great Lake (7) 25 At some point, keeping one waiting in the wings (2,3) 26 Not dark yet around a time of evening in the wee hours (4,5) 27 Mother’s new drink container (7) 28 Players, shown the way, protected a king somehow (7)

DOWN

1 Criminal act significant with one of Alcott’s sisters (6) 2 To the audience, actor Claude is king (6) 3 Name third of pigs “Nathan,” after Lucille’s husband (9) 4 King appearing in parade (7) 5 Prisoner outside licking garnish (7) 6 Note the donation (5) 7 Dance party interrupted by salt spray (4,4) 8 President, embracing nurse, puts on an act (8) 14 Some football players, on interrupting passes (5,4) 15 Get stupefied pilot in jet (5,3) 16 Poison opening of package to New England state (8) 18 Antelopes, regrettably, following little rascal (7) 19 Spartan, like vinegar with a bit of seasoning in it (7) 20 Economical hairpiece, one found in Florida (6) 21 Angry wariness abouta poet’s conclusion (6) 23 Cook small side (5)