cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Energy Ringo barely whipped

up for Beatles tune (7,5)

9 Retrieved blanket laying in

grass (9)

10 Generous starter lacking in

taste (5)

11 A pair of learners joining

university on appeal (6)

12 Star screened by broadcaster

is knowledgeable (8)

13 Intrepid choir touring round

Spain (6)

15 Crossing street, observe

reversing car (8)

18 Plant beginning to sag,

promptly prod ground (8)

19 Supplies bombed aboard

ship (6)

21 A Parisian complained after leader’s dismissed eccentric (8)

23 In charge, keen to shorten period of hostile conditions (3,3)

26 Fly keeping close to trail from

light source (5)

27 Graphic clip to air must be

edited (9)

28 Relation to help youngster

turn kipper? (7,5)

DOWN

1 Badger and bear roaming north

of wood (7)

2 Perform brilliantly with times over speed of light stuffing fish (5)

3 Upset home’s full of pests?

Don’t worry (5,4)

4 Unusual using Egyptian god

with religious teaching (4)

5 Labour at home, do housework

really discontentedly (8)

6 Burn mark on animal (5)

7 One leaving triplets to

misbehave (8)

8 One of three men in tub trapping behind in the vessel (6)

14 Heard road over the hill possesses hard, strong foundation (8)

16 Explain what traverse means

(3,6)

17 Mounting desire to be in photo troubled centre of attraction (8)

18 Defeat after second game (6)

20 Poet’s bashful, hiding fashion

magazine (7)

22 Scandinavian knight on steed

in the East End (5)

24 Farm kid regularly abandoned

work for friend (5)

25 Dodge swimmer’s head on

river (4)