DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Just grazed on the pasty? (4-7)

9 Capitol building for the eye (7)

10 Cheap radio admitted sticky end of dictatorship (7) 11 Beastly being one of the deadly sins (5)

12 Feeling a success (9) 13 Turning points for some of the motor (6)

14 Storms in turn met with plagues (8)

17 Skirt hampered its speed (8)

19 Saga that includes a first for Christie (6)

22 From the evidence of cop it’s a violation (4,5) 24 Become proficient in renal surgery (5)

26 Culture restricted by extent of frugal lifestyle (7) 27 Canister lacking the tea, we hear, to brew up poison (7)

28 Predecessor ordered to be prepared for further employment (11)

DOWN

1 Realises what is six feet below (7)

2 Conspiring with the Peruvian cries of laughter (2,7)

3 Plaster sides of panel inside window frame (6) 4 One behind the other brown inserts inside denim ensemble (2,6)

5 New Roman woman (5) 6 Martial arts expert goes west for dressed-up men (7) 7 Plenty of drawing material (4)

8 Schools Guatemala’s top Mayas in trade (8)

13 The highest reaches amongst the favouite and most annoying (8)

15 Having lapdogs around, I lean to boxers (9)

16 Noble act performed in the soprano’s style (3,5) 18 Give up hope of changing diapers (7)

20 Coached, with a lot of coaches following behind? (7)

21 Trip gave out, having swalllowing most of ecstasy (6)

23 If raised and put up in frame (3,2)

25 Groove to the sound of rap (4)