Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Mantovani. 6 Tulip. 9 Named. 10 Paternity. 11 Conspiring. 12 Hera. 14 Detests. 15 Everest. 17 Ledgers. 19 Scraper. 20 Vain. 22 Compounded. 25 Reticence. 26 Untie. 27 Dirge. 28 Dispersed.

Down: 1 Manic. 2 Nominated. 3 Oedipus rex. 4 Amperes. 5 Intense. 6 Tire. 7 Loire. 8 Paymaster. 13 Near future. 14 Delivered. 16 Expedites. 18 Scorned. 19 Sappers. 21 Inter. 23 Dread. 24 Acre.