DOUBLE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lights seen in lab or Eurasia or abroad (6,8)

9 Flick through identification after turning back piebald horse (3,4)

10 Moving in later for convenience (7)

11 Time to reflect on (4) 12 Pretend our affairs stayed out of the press (10)

14 Call back with new date to be issued (8)

15 Saw trouble in that woman’s cable (6)

18 Wine reserved to cover blunder (6)

19 Strapping initiate may collar outlaw (8)

22 Used heat in cart for fuel (10)

24 Caucasian region of the continent (4)

26 To go after emperor’s heart, see red bouquet (7) 27 Accommodating shop after 45 minutes? (7)

28 Cougar runs into unapproved walkouts (7,7)

ACROSS

1 Pupils (14)

9 Weightlifting equipment (7)

10 Refurbish, upgrade (7) 11 Coarse file (4)

12 Hades (10)

14 Suffered anguish (8) 15 Improper treatment (6) 18 Wet with perspiration (6) 19 Guard (8)

22 Military personnel (10) 24 Worry (4)

26 Cooked to be firm when eaten (2,5)

27 Make shiny (7) 28 Unhappiness (14)

DOWN

1 Along with stake to be played fairly slowly (7)

2 Shameless discount made to keep in favour (9)

3 Called for a peeled citrus fruit (4)

4 Brothers swallowing wine, crackers and chocolate cakes (8)

5 Break line halfway through knot (6)

6 A court ordered bail, one affording legal proceedings (10)

7 Airhead might do it, stumbling after one (5)

8 One who stoops to drunken debauchery (6)

13 Upright pounded into exhibition space (10) 16 Comedy spat out during maritime oil spill (9)

17 Heartless script hankers for the effect of laughter? (8) 18 Wet politician gets into power (6)

20 Chemical dispersant and riot gear used in Tasmania (4,3)

21 Complaint about extremely esoteric maze complex (6) 23 Sets astir with parts afoot? (5)

25 Middle America followed up Polish or West Country accent (4)

QUICK DOWN

1 Asian region of Russia (7) 2 Prediction based on the zodiac (9)

3 Comply with a command (4)

4 Chamber in which a piston moves (8)

5 Middle-eastern nation (6) 6 Lift that carries food between floors (10)

7 Sea duck, a source of down (5)

8 Solemn promise (6) 13 Melodramatic (10) 16 Weaken, subvert (9)

17 Be similar (8)

18 Strut, parade (6) 20 Toothed cog (7) 21 Reduce in worth, humble (6)

23 Lines joining a circle’s centre and circumference (5)

25 Court order (4)