Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS

1 Edge cracking nut where chopper comes down (7) 5 Broadcast features ’ouse by any means possible (7)

9 Baby feeder, light flat object (3, 4)

10 Great decimal point (7) 11 Animal centre for leopards or impala? (5)

12 One way to treat other nasty cut (5-4)

13 Power generator in Italian city charged with British energy (7) 14 Aspiring welder’s first double shifts (5-2)

16 Lovely work I approach in newspaper (4, 3)

19 Try and support inexperienced winger (7) 22 Disappear — as may dog and its owner? (2, 7)

24 Some fault, a serious shocker! (5)

25 Inflammatory thinking behind conclusion of debate (7) 26 A number divided by six minus ten, stupid (7)

27 Driver in car with two supporters (3, 4)

28 Colouring drink, first drops of green mint essence put in (7)

DOWN

1 Area of potential conflict has son in a stew (3, 4)

2 Student council’s ultimate illicit scheme (7)

3 Each new part epic with article (3, 6)

4 Respected woman finished pocketing money (7)

5 A quarter of poor people lose control over fight (4, 3)

6 Wedding suit (5)

7 Brief answer given in unsympathetic parliamentary report (7)

8 Battle worsens, Attlee having lost every other one (7)

15 After receiving promotion, going down is distressing (9)

16 Abbreviated symbol on page, very basic cover (3, 4)

17 Celestial phenomenon with flash in gas (3, 4)

18 Destroying it, crest cut into three parts (7)

19 In space, hammer lighter (3, 4)

20 Arouse fury after foolish spin (7)

21 Laughable German leader in tight dress, for example (7) 23 French river, one shrouded in mythology (5)