SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Er .... if you could just write a report (8)

5 Is not exclusive, one concedes (6)

10 Get muddled up, as the mother of identical twins might (7,3,5)

11 Hangs about to see I get the remainder sorted out (7)

12 Guided by fate to take the dappled wrapper (7)

13 Not a sitter, but a girl of ability (8)

15 Come back again, followed by a dog (5) 18 Jobs unpopular with schoolchildren (5) 20 Gave a second helping to the shy (8) 23 As a performer in the top turn, I boob (7) 25 Scolds one for including an animal among the insects (7)

26 You can’t blame them for not being stayat-homes (9,6)

27 What one’s putting on for lunch? (6) 28 Does try to get into debates (8)

DOWN

1 Double up for fastening (6)

2 Provision made by the state (9) 3 Musicians – and noisy old musicians they are! (7)

4 What do you associate with fishermen? That’s right, fish (5)

6 He’s trying to get well, but he’s made sicker by the doctor (7)

7 What the little picture in the fashionable hairdressing magazine shows? (5) 8 Stop-press, loosely about people helping inflation (8)

9 Garlands for the little women’s partners? (8)

14 Does his voice have an Apulian sound to it? (8)

16 They’re original garments designed for Act One, sir (9)

17 Item about overcharging you took from the newspaper? (8)

19 An old fighter with money taking a car in for repairs (7)

21 Underdone piece of what looks like plastic, on toast? (7)

22 Whispers stupidly, “Die, fool!” having come out (6)

24 He stood in previously for the holder (5) 25 Not the lingo for a singer! (5)