CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Understand about power with

revolutionary’s lectures (8) 5 Lovely and short luxurious

material (6)

10 Unfortunately Aaron did live

with con artist (8,2,5)

11 Boys grabbing pet’s

front or back (7)

12 Small drink in India

as an alternative (7)

13 Look: work transport (8) 15 Urge to go under water –

welcoming river (5)

18 In the lead after kid’s sum (3,2) 20 Increase dependency?

Not Charlie! (8)

23 European shy, holding

record for science (7) 25 Salesman with shoestring

substitute (7)

26 Move fascists to India,

creating resentment (15) 27 Tremulous excitement – it follows day with the woman (6)

28 Passions never oddly dropped in brief sexual encounters (8)

DOWN

1 Diver tries to avoid

this headline story (6) 2 Change to incomes – one

studies them (9)

3 One caught after lesson producing standard work (7)

4 The Spanish communist

climbs tree (5)

6 Warned I’ve dad’s

pants (7)

7 North concealed by wobbly

compass (5)

8 Doctor in South American country with November issue (8) 9 District Attorney turned up with

glove, and editor confessed (8) 14 Study broken nails, say (8) 16 Quarantine, to a lion,

is criminal (9)

17 Was a guest for a bike

race knocked off? (8)

19 Lay flat embracing

a female, upset (7)

21 Current yen for nothing –

to be expected (7)

22 Tense wrongdoer not

quite up for game (6)

24 Where one might see

actor start (5)

25 Surrender if legionnaire

holds this? (5)