CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Might cite piece declaimed and ration it out (10)

6. Part of an electric torch may come into flower (4)

10. When it’s absorbed as much as possible, limit of emotion is reached (10,5)

11. Her fabled version of a mixed-up animal (4-5)

12. Thread the rope through to the steward (5)

13. An important Turk has personal assistant to arrange (5)

15. As a wit, it maybe lies in store for one (6)

19. Rest, as is possible with flowers (6)

20. The rascal will do it only perfunctorily (5)

23. Sculptor who had angling equipment at home (5)

24. Try margin out when sacrificing oneself (9)

26. Or, manacles may be used to keep one on the staff (6,9)

27. Remove film of it, perhaps (4)

28. Be last diet worked out to show springs and neaps (4,6)

DOWN

1. Got up joint fruit of a flower (7)

2. Refined accent shows class: gutwrenching, it may be (8)

3. It will beat into a sort of broth (5)

4. Get one plate prepared to bear name of book (5,4)

5. In the studio, vocalist shows up eggshaped (5)

7. Ten in use perhaps for both boys and girls (6)

8. Bird that nipped another one (7)

9. Works as surgeon in order to spare toe (8)

14. One not there for tea’s been turned out (8)

16. The confidence that cures NASA of it (9)

17. Sink as much as it will hold (8)

18. Got housed, motor-wise (7)

21. Uses gap created by a constellation (7)

22. 500 silly sort of tales of happy innocence (6)

24. I’d ham thrown out by Muslim leader (5)

25. Cassava for my lunch: clap alternately (5)