Last week’s answers

ACROSS:

1 MacDuff; 4 Balzac; 7 Ambrosia; 8 Ruhr; 9 Dali; 11 Talkies; 12 Bach; 14 Var; 15 Clove; 16 Sabre; 19 Set; 21 Star; 22 Stirrup; 23 Hare; 25 Eros; 26 Alicante; 27 Amelia; 28 Earhart.

DOWN:

1 Microbe; 2 Dearth; 3 Fibula; 4 Boswell; 5 Lead; 6 Caviar; 10 Advent; 13 Custer; 17 Retsina; 18 Brisket; 19 Sahara; 20 Urania; 21 Speech; 24 Earl.