DOUBLE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Going by appearances, where to find a clock’s hands? ( 2,3,4,2,2)

9 Biblical verse sung with sheep’s head in hand ( 5) 10 Instrument playing rag by arrangement in orchestra ( 4,5) 11 Drunk brew, say, and count on it ( 5,2)

12 Stiff celebrity marrying church youth leader ( 7) 13 Gorge and spoil one’s reputation ( 6)

15 Bonnet takes an instant to pull the wool over his eyes ( 8) 18 Drunken cur’s swallowed beer, becoming the dog from hell ( 8)

20 Sex cell sport has time limits ( 6)

23 Very busy eating grape harvest ( 7)

24 Highbrow as top of the layers? ( 7)

26 Thoughtless enough for short nightdress to go with midwinter ( 9)

27 Butchered beast to stew in its own juices ( 5)

28 Buck’s ancestor found in shells? ( 6- 2- 5)

DOWN

1 Talk round relation ( 5) 2 Condemned transport that was badly built, firm but lacking condition ( 7) 3 Rudimentary state of Moresby, sadly lacking seafront ( 6)

4 Like premium overseas fibre ( 8)

5 Devastated glen along with the entire country ( 7)

6 State limiting his right to vote ( 9)

7 Bear with throbbing head and little wind ( 5) 8 Disconnected record unit during disco dance ( 8) 14 Badly torn in a battle over two weeks ( 9)

16 Heavily involved with poverty in castle tower ( 4- 4) 17 Drink a little before poetic ambition becomes part of the mind ( 8)

19 Take stock and cut up shaft ( 7)

21 Not strictly arguable without university department of mathematics ( 7)

22 Work over top of bonnet and polish off ( 4,2)

23 Oven cooked meal started off as poison ( 5)

25 Rest of the artists comfort learner ( 5)