CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8. Or my mind is made up by gang-leader’s sidekick (8)

9. Nothing on the spectrum but its second colour (6)

10. Military command can put up with a ribbing (5,2,4)

11. (6) argument in one’s bones (3)

13. A pancake of crinkly paper (5)

15. He prepares the way (9)

17. Stock dealers who are responsible for partnerships? (8,7)

19. Write one up for drug before the writer gets to it (9)

21. Tell the police about the marijuana (5)

23. Deity has 26 (3)

24. Sack a pugilist and let him go to blazes (11)

27. Pollute 22, turning east (6)

28. Having divided up the loot, both go to prison in Scotland (8)

DOWN

1. Wild emotion shows how arty he is (8)

2. A concluding word for the A-team (4)

3. One piece of business that exists only in imagination (5)

4. How cold glass mists over, sotto voce (5,4,6)

5. Thinks to rid scones of it (9)

6. Spoil for an (11) (3)

7. Fail to notice how the region adapts to it (6)

12. It’s a sure bet for a financier (6)

14. Has RIP written out by the local church district (6)

16. Very thin cracks in the rail shine out (9)

18. A greeting conveyed that one treats with consideration (8)

20. When firmly established, applauded (6)

22. Retrieve the ball from the paddock (5)

25. Band through which one is punishingly put (4)

26. 23 takes humour from a bird (3)