CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Lose self-control and succumb to the current? (3,7,4) 9 Wears out cushions on a bike, say (5) 10 Pirate vessel or pirate craft captured the Victory and the Sovereign (9) 11 Endlessly indivisible number, or circle from the very beginning (10) 12 Having loving thoughts of backward and heartless neighbourhood (4) 14 Appeals to lapsed members (6) 15 Individually probing trial case (3,5) 17 Entire genre's made up of what can provoke a reaction (8) 19 Feign drunkenness with right amount of liquor (6) 22 Pleased a good boy (4) 23 Panicky date ran off along a vessel's length (4,3,3) 26 Help out, keeping me in time that's only fleeting (9) 27 Litter in a brown study? (5) 28 Bring hat out at great cost in good time (6,3,5) DOWN 1 Upstage play, but not as much as costume (3-2) 2 Call it the ultimate in home building pest (7) 3 Runners scorned treatment that penetrated muscles (10) 4 Criticises hiding identification of what may be shot for fun (6) 5 Remit unlimited fees from Arab lands (8) 6 Letters regularly taken from mail bags, unfortunately (4) 7 First class chaps turn up with single flower (7) 8 Pair dear to fox hunter (8) 13 Giving ground or powdered botanic contents of beer (10) 14 Theatre attendant made gory plea (8) 16 Politician made initial cuts in detailed moderate program (8) 18 Hide electrical lead amongst the suds (7) 20 Moving large mouth without the magnetism (7) 21 Falcon of slightly tamer lineage (6) 24 Present time for gift wrapping, father? (5) 25 Small face is appearing superior (4)