cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Only virtues required for

potential monks (7)

5 Left of centre and mad with

desire (7)

9 Trap – and any animal caught

therein? (5)

10 New grain storage facility can

be decorated (9)

11 Determination left in suitor

one upset (10)

12 Searches may expose cunning

(4)

14 Piece of music that sees mates turn in drunk, last of all (12)

18 Change may include a time

for exchange of words (12)

21 Draw attention to line

crossed by one that’s smoked (4)

22 Outlandish – like Humpty

Dumpty? (3-3-4)

25 Expose satirical sketches

about Republican fringes (9)

26 Cross, using international

tariff (5)

27 Urge to be hugged by

accomplished leading lady (7)

28 Separate good people within

group (7)

DOWN

1 Yearn to cook over soft table

linen (6)

2 Defeat without question and

disappear (6)

3 Doctor held glance, being

called into question (10)

4 Sense of location for

broadcast (5)

5 Limo work with student in

snub for religion? (5,4)

6 A daughter, about six, is

enthusiastic (4)

7 Is left in with theirs, sadly (8)

8 Follow up issue, having minor

responsibility? (8)

13 Showing great respect around company and getting better (10)

15 Regiment ask for certainty protecting group assigned a particular job (4,5)

16 Raised platform high up in

burn (8)

17 Foot soldiers shot after home

supporter (8)

19 Price of nuts up – period (6)

20 Job finally accepted by

perceptive chap (6)

23 Put up across street for

experiments (5)

24 Wrong to pinch king and hide

(4)