SUPER CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Intend to remember (4,2,4)

6 Bird that produces the odd egg (4)

10 At home in the role of the evildoer (7)

11 Heavens! One’s cast in it as an Italian! (7)

12 Do take lessons in the big hall (9)

13 Get off with difficulty for a break, we’re told (5)

14 In my belief, the fellow has a smash hit (5)

15 Why you couldn’t see the yawning ditch in the park? (5,4)

17 Leaves when you box the ears inside (6,3)

20 While Ena’s playing about, the rain is coming closer (5)

21 Decoration from which the Cockney derives excitement (5)

23 Used an old plot I rehashed with the editor (9)

25 Because ‘14 Across’ is holding it crumpled up (7)

26 On the road a bird won’t want to attract its attention (4-3)

27 Sounds like ‘a great deal’and it means ‘a lot’ (4)

28 Having a rotten head for clear thinking? (5-5)

DOWN

1 Giving in the bath a vocal rendering that’s devastating (5)

2 Len can drive Eva round to see him (9)

3 It’s much better than ‘studying elsewhere’ (2,7,5)

4 Being a bit upset, one might walk into it unawares (7)

5 Gentle shake the figure inside will ignore (7)

7 A fat order the same morning is lost (5) 8 Passes the open sake round (9)

9 A dentist must not go too far (4,4,2,4)

14 Don’t delude yourself about what the mirror discloses? (4,5)

16 Meant to change a little the interior of the home (9)

18 With ‘drove mad’ I had exaggerated (7)

19 To get a clap, I rewrite so it’s up-to-date (7)

22 Write up in the article, but it’s no good (5)

24 A fear that again the father conceals (5)