DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Falls for rotter in the cabinet (7)

5 Gleeful quintet cover new set (7)

10 Dodge fine, vote in working hours (4,2,4)

11 Part played by petroleum distillate (4)

12 A lemon solution by mother with a skin condition (8)

13 As biro scribbled line on a map (6)

14 Fledgeling stands on the brink (4)

15 Light pulverised in the market place (10)

17 Sellers, for example, hear it differently and begin broadcasting (2,2,3,3) 20 Mexican dish with tomato and cheese on top (4)

22 Leave centre pieces in the wet (6)

24 Balance flipping TV awards with rugby score (8) 25 Wise men back unlimited bigamy (4) 26 Hindsight is beginning to ruin top-secret plans (10) 27 Depth of water and beer (7)

28 Radical view melts if disputed (7)

DOWN

2 Middle man denies artificial flavour (7)

3 Type of delivery sorted by case, region and head of nursing (9)

4 Fall asleep before the fish die (4,3,3,5)

6 Smoothing stiff-surfaced flower (7,8)

7 Body with limbs removed, under doctor’s orders (5) 8 Criminal taken in below country house (7)

9 King and middleweight ail badly in African capital (6) 16 Where a snooker ball is placed in an awkward position? (2,3,4)

18 Musical work shattered ear in the outdoors (4-3) 19 Fool to hold fixed property (6)

21 Accra flourished in the role of capital city (7) 23 Leaving peg out with gold plating (5)

ACROSS

1 One of a series of events (7) 5 Irregularly-shaped blot (7) 10 Capital of Slovakia (10) 11 Muslim religious leader (4)

12 Woodwind instrument (8) 13 Person belonging to a club or party (6)

14 Way out (4)

15 Absurd, laughable (10) 17 High class cuisine (6,4) 20 Wealthy (4)

22 Youthfully male (6) 24 From the east (8) 25 Fossil fuel (4)

26 Deposit hanging form the roof of a cave (10) 27 With one leg on either side (7)

28 Intrinsic or fundamental nature (7)

QUICK

DOWN

2 Bewilder (7)

3 Soaked (9)

4 Deprived of the right to vote (15)

6 Medical drugs (15) 7 Obloquy, public discredit (5)

8 French castle or manor house (7)

9 Squandered (6)

16 Pair of opera glasses (9) 18 Smelly (7)

19 Bath sponge (6) 21 Disordered, anarchic (7) 23 Loafer (5)