GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO. 27,906

ACROSS

1 Warmer on entering flat in southcentral England? (9) 6 Old Czech dissident,

keep left (5) 9 See 26 10 When twin has dropped in, visiting house, passing comment (4,5) 11 Where test may be good after racket covered up by politician (10) 12 Star reversing in

luggage van (4) 14 Beside fire, quivering

with anticipation (7) 15 Sprinkles powder on tidied hair, both at the back and fringes (7) 17 Politician serving suggestion with eggs, reportedly? (7) 19 Self-pitying politician,

finally removed (7) 20 Sinister character I

back (4) 22 Before getting squeezed round back of cupboard, leaning to one side (10) 25 Other art, I suspect, is

rougher (9) 26,9 Politician 18 hit

once (5,5) 27 County politician

ousts king (5) 28 Awkward without

18? (9)

DOWN

1 So-called rubbish artist (5) 2 Barking, mog admits arrogance (9) 3 Where American car may be a great deal below average, man! (7,3) 4 In the end, provocative footwear used, oddly, for pastoral work (7) 5 Is card between pair of

diamonds swell? (7) 6 Politician dismissing

case of rabble (4) 7 See 24 8 Point penned by editor in politician’s comic (3,6) 13 A blunder with fee almost embarrassed — to be paid back (10) 14 Not believing when a jerk admits crime (9) 16 Sweet thing, a Scot unfortunately beset by wind (9) 18 Politician’s baby (7) 19 Island where politician

arrived without me (7) 21 A pain going uphill,

plod (5) 23 Europeans dressed up in lederhosen, a disaster (5) 24,7 Top always top in dominant European country (4,5)