Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

1 Imagines characters’ features

(7)

5 Honour to be in cleaner room

(7)

9 Field right beside motorway

(5)

10 Tom intends to change daughter’s vanishing creams (9)

11 Quietly allowed to cut salary?

That’s not done (10)

12 Women’s bad self-control (4)

14 Boss searches for main office

(12)

18 Where students could be ordered ‘Sit and revise!’ after returning in uniform (12)

21 Imprison American composer

(4)

22 Trick receiver of stolen goods,

assuming I had courage (10)

25 Are new bananas in animal’s

grasp? (9)

26 It beats a run in the wild (5)

27 Set view in the country (7)

28 The best drink regularly tried

by this writer (7)

DOWN

1 Brave investigator initially interrupting US president gets ban (6)

2 Look good with weapon (6)

3 Thought about animal limb

perhaps found in grass (10)

4 Seat in Commons too limiting

(5)

5 Make prisoners rude over

time (9)

6 I’m in it, lifting objects (4)

7 Rubbish in Berlin – it’s put in

the trashcan (3-5)

8 Remains on the French vessel,

ill at ease (8)

13 Relationship with China? (10)

15 Find party jolly (9)

16 Trump dismissed social

division (8)

17 Shame Democrat is with

Kelly, possibly (8)

19 Hold goose’s tail, moving an

egg (6)

20 Clement Attlee ultimately

supporting fellow Liberal (6)

23 Dukes succeeded in attacks

(5)

24 Fair chance, we’re told (4)