CRYP TIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Hat leaving Charlie with rings –

bowler sometimes does this (7) 5 Pictures can be seen here since getting developed, enthralling mother (7)

9 Appear excited to follow

dad (3,2)

10 Trendy positions for cases (9) 11 Link prisoner with new wing

getting defaced? (10)

12 China tea (4)

14 Resemblances I initially missed caught by Israeli – it’s strange (12)

18 Walk ignoring a learner’s state

of physique (12)

21 Left bumpkin’s farmhouse? (4) 22 Stroll over with most of linen – it’s suitable for jumpers (10)

25 Present minutes before hospital department’s medical attention (9)

26 Pick up smell, perhaps (5) 27 What tennis player might do

after a fault – hold back (7) 28 Allegiance from 50 kings and

queens? Not at first (7)

DOWN

1 Animal from mountain area:

tailless cat (6)

2 Very hot farm animal gripping

leg (6)

3 Take on board ace pirate at sea

around Portugal (10)

4 Fleet Street admitting endless trouble and strife (5)

5 One might investigate Russian satellite company with dodgy amounts (9)

6 Tidy Welsh town? Almost (4) 7 One working on an estate, say, crazy to collect heads of every Cape hyacinth (8) 8 South American writer regularly

sets up tension (8)

13 Queen ruined glorious year,

strictly (10)

15 Playwright quietly leaving

female before conflict (9) 16 Artist’s model put closer –

eyesight’s beginning to go (8) 17 Those who steal

shoes (8)

19 Fruitcake – some Ellen

miserably picked up (6)

20 Just depend on this setter? On

the contrary! (6)

23 Satisfied aluminium is this (5) 24 Celebrity scoundrels

on the rise (4)