SOLUTION FOR OCTOBER 28

ACROSS

9 Kipling 10 Stone 11 Spice 13 Parr 14 Doily 15 Alpha 16 Tube 17 Yellow 18 Sable 20 Rainbow 22 Acorns 25 Codling 27 Record 29 Migration 31 Heck 33 Mirror 35 Censor 36 Doll 37 King-Smith 39 Patrol 41 Compère 42 Lustre 44 Compote 45 Blimp 47 Blazar 49 Aves 51 Hoard 52 Screw 53 Ride 54 Spell 55 Ident 56 Alençon

DOWN

1 Sparkler 2 Window 3 Aggies 4 I say 5 Homage 6 Leapfrog 7 Espalier 8 Lift 9 Knave 12 Elbow 19 Beds 21 Buckram 23 Chimera 24 Sutor 25 Chord 26 Icer 28 Rooster 30 Rostrum 32 Knife 33 Mogul 34 Slam 38 Reni 40 Loophole 41 Clematis 43 Shamrock 44 Caves 45 Bodger 46 Portal 47 Bawden 48 Auden 50 Seed 52 Sets