CRYP TIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Detective’s certain to accept

appeal for offence (11) 10 Method is reported to produce

delicious food (5)

11 Menial cop turns into officer (9) 12 Nearly being in harmony

squeezing old instrument (9) 13 Work over taking sexy snap (5) 14 Carpeted perhaps, made of

strong stuff? (6)

16 Mugs inside stand mostly for

judge again (8)

18 Who flogs beer on board? One

on board (8)

20 Kicked out of sack keeping excessively upset (6)

23 Grass one found in jungle? (5) 24 Weapon going wrong held by the

German (9)

26 Get round to eating bananas

with sweetheart (9)

27 Ready to get beer right before

time (5) 28 Record single penned by hit

Queen performer (11)

DOWN

2 Interesting order noticeable in

columns originally (5)

3 Plain couple that is welcoming

affair, finally (7)

4 Life of priest in strange order (6) 5 One helps to hush up

a report (8)

6 Unusually precise

instructions (7)

7 Mistakenly marries best man

losing one’s shame (13) 8 Revealing this compiler’s style’s

primarily tricky (8)

9 Unkind extraordinary rendition

case (13)

15 Horses incapable of continuing

race? (8)

17 Plant worker beginning to

deploy garden tool (8)

19 Small number clothing small

honey (7)

21 Sort of art foundation almost

inspiring amateur (7)

22 Strong garden tool holds (6) 25 Birds fancy heading

south east (5)