WH Crossword

ACROSS

7 Catechism arranged according to plan (9)

8 Imitate one in opera hitting a note (5)

10 Telephone fault may mean a reporter missing it (8)

11 Underground source of salt? (6)

12 Summons an author without hesitation (4)

13 Like one treating Ida with scorn? (8)

15 Strange charm that is pure fantasy (7)

17 Dated and removed (4, 3)

20 When alone, get changed and stretch out (8)

22 Superfluous oil well (4)

25 Necessitate being in late perhaps (6)

26 Abandoned ship (8)

27 Start being awkward (5)

28 Recorded as having been dismantled (5, 4)

DOWN

1 Pay by a quarter to eight (5)

2 One who cares to makes an offer (6)

3 Warmer — or cooler (8)

4 I’d come up with poetry that’s different (7)

5 Note eye-catching gadget for pruning (8)

6 Parson promises to pay for someone else (9)

9 Cutting reminder? (4)

14 Dine with Ralph, prepared to flirt (9)

16 Duck a l’orange? (8)

18 Spectator, a weekly publication (8)

19 Principal method of progress (7)

21 Can bale out (4)

23 A boy interrupts my complaint (6)

24 Lower a boat with a number (5)