DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Protection for vehicles making dangerous deliveries (7)
5 Strange aroma masking acidity in jug of wine (7) 9 Ignoramus I cautioned about singing (5)
10 In the style of the barest model, as white as stone (9) 11 Sixth sense interpreted ornate language (9) 12 Premature happy ending after count (5)
14 Rural cult hit out and embraced love of gardening (13)
16 Keep trim and taut, but pull a thread in a pantihose’s pelvic area (3,1,5,4)
21 Animal with hankering to break into laughter (5) 22 Bus traveller to go sickly green (9)
24 Due respect for the queen in the military (9) 26 Staff returned with energy to steal away (5) 27 Saves dollars to be outside the fold (7) 28 Mondays suit hard workers (7)
DOWN
1 Demob ordered in support of British leader when attacked (6)
2 Manufacture new damp courses (4-7)
3 Apart from retaining the right to take it out (7) 4 Offspring put hand in tin (5)
5 One throwing holly at a religious leader (9)
6 Level off gold at the bottom of dish (7)
7 See 25-down
8 Collections of unwrapped Mars bars (6)
13 Poor old dear in wedding party at the library (7,4) 15 Holds fast around one and more pages in newspaper files (9) 17 Transposal of a horse and sheep (7)
18 Polish to swallow half the ale in the tavern (7)
19 Hints of sulphur above the underworld (6) 20 Artificial fibres in underwear (6)
23 Horse with front end tucked into grain (5)
25 and 7-down Striking soccer cup defeat (3,3)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Supervise (7)
5 Charity, generosity (7) 9 Himalayan region, ruled by China (5)
10 Large sea bird (9)
11 Offer oneself for service (9)
12 Dwelling (5)
14 Principality between Switzerland and Austria (13) 16 Treatment of injuries by massage and exercise (13) 21 Chain of hills (5) 22 Dispersed, widely spread (9)
24 Unit of astronomical distance (5,4) 26 Approaches (5)
27 French castle (7) 28 Complex describing the sexual desire of a girl for her father (7)
DOWN
1 Interval of eight notes (6) 2 Ornamented, elaborated with additions (11) 3 Diabolical (7)
4 Rub out (5)
5 Maze (9)
6 Toothed rack permitting movement in only one direction (7)
7 Image of one’s self; conceit (3)
8 Scheme, organisation (6) 13 Trivial, insignificant (11) 15 Clothes and linen collected by a bride before her wedding (9)
17 Phantom (7) 18 Entourage (7)
19 Gambol (6)
20 Ukrainian port city (6) 23 Concur (5)
25 Former Portuguese colony in India (3)