LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION, No 1270:

ACROSS: 1 Psalm 4+9 Billing and cooing 10 Genoa 11 In-tray 12 Multiple 13 Gun dog 15 Slapdash 18 Outstays 20 Trifling 22 Caress 25 Inner 26 Swordplay 27+19 Slap and tickle 28 Rotas

DOWN: 1 Playing footsie 2 Audit 3 Moon about 4 Brio 5 Leg-pulls 6 Ingot 7 Gangplank 8 Make sheep’s eyes 14 Nutrients 16 Philander 17 Gymnasia 21 Larva 23 Eclat 24 Bold