Across

1 Extremely short journeys – walks! (7)

5 Promote more (7) 9 Depressed by a student grant (5)

10 Go too far, seeing 24 in public (9) 11 Characteristic of a man to be very quiet in water (5,5) 12 Plant seeing first of many poorly (4)

14 Seat occupied by a professor of pop? (7,5)

18 One takes cap off seeing nerve required in front of batsman (6-6)

21 Smoker invested in inhalant, expecting returns (4) 22 Almost missed call, being captain (10)

25 Fall in love and despair! (4,5) 26 Tree snake seen regularly (5) 27 Ledger shows father with new boy fine (3,4) 28 Detectives run from ruthless criminal (7)

Down

1 Compromise a manager securing rating (6)

2 Cargo coming after soldiers charge again (6)

3 Stops working in Irish county seats (5,5)

4 Exclusive company taken in by concession (5)

5 Independent European country importing fish (9)

6 Regret adopting son’s cunning plan (4)

7 Troublemaker in gaol sadly supporting house (8)

8 Shakes, coming across river snakes (8)

13 Put one’s foot down seeing expert cover Electra complex (10) 15 Reject drink (5,4)

16 A graduate teacher full of inventive lies went down line (8)

17 Times will support seating areas for spectators and is ready to act (6,2)

19 Green fruit mostly going with favourite shellfish (6)

20 A long time entertaining National Trust representatives (6)

23 Heads eat out in case of parents (5)

24 Go away and film endlessly (4)