Prize Crossword 29,425

Across

7 Sit with Queen on carthorse (9) 8 Sierra exactly right for carnivore (5)

10 Clandestine romance just beyond a female (6)

11 Kill many among rodents going back in time (8)

12 Sloshed son in women’s clothing? (6)

14 Servant – need you back! (6) 16 Endless crack in part of mug (4)

17 Fish starters in top restaurant forbidden (5)

18 Excise duty applied to one vehicle (4)

19 Seafood – have most of mine (6)

21 Disheartened Euell quits team (6)

24 A way to enter hotel and club in Aspen? (8)

26 Posh leaving desirable London area (6)

27 Beginning to suppress cough in hovel (5)

28 Witness protects a suspect (9)

Down

1 Pottery expert invests pound (5) 2 Do call (8) 3 Diamonds on ground in shortage (6) 4 Stick with 007 (4) 5 Alpha male in charge for minute (6) 6 Domineering person in fight getting cut (6-3) 9 Old twit injecting drug spotted cat (6) 13 Plain cake small once cooked (5) 15 Dance series, repeated twice, never popular (3-3-3) 17 Clothier in Rialto ruined (6) 18 RADA graduate loathes piano frames (8) 20 Short pronouncement welcomed by second doctor (6) 22 Await former favourite, catching cold (6) 23 Salted meat for artist (5) 25 Chump scheduled to seize power (4)