Across DAILY BRAIN TEASERS

1 Stops minor that’s brought back drink ( 5,2)

5 Provide workers to others, a fine firm’s leader ( 7)

9 Beware entertaining Romeo’s desire ( 5)

10 Shoe part’s one in pack Helena ordered ( 5,4)

11 Great home, inspector having decorated outside ( 10)

12 Called and spoke ( 4)

14 Casually left inside nanny with cloth and a potty ( 12)

18 Romance story’s trendy ( 12)

21 Gollum losing ring alongside lake becoming sad ( 4)

22 Trader’s quiet with little time to keep in touch ( 10)

25 Focus! Impressive starter not totally finished ( 9)

26 Divine images one sold fraudulently ( 5)

27 Pitcher starts to tip, hampering one moving vessel ( 7)

28 Excellent, fast to accept male’s complaint ( 7)

Down

1 Cheating of French clubs, couple from the south ( 6)

2 A fellow taking in Australia going up river ( 6)

3 Depot’s base redeployed to create crafts ( 10)

4 Shelled open, container for nut ( 5)

5 Refutations about Capone, maybe, intercepting gun parts ( 9)

6 Give son something to write with ( 4)

7 Correspond after a fourth letter? OK ( 8)

8 Dupes men with no exception – female being superior ( 4,4)

13 Cleaning from New Year’s Day to year’s end, it all gets scrubbed regularly ( 10)

15 Rich sort prepared to host English singer ( 9)

16 Split up following business meeting to cut tenancy cost ( 8)

17 Processed crude oil becomes more murky ( 8)

19 Take no notice of some hanger- on, giving up ( 6)

20 Name missing from gift organised in advance ( 6)

23 Scavenger hunt’s beginning with the old rejected article ( 5)

24 Beastly cry from yours truly: ‘ That hurt!’ ( 4)