Crossword

MORE CROSSWORDS IN TABLOID!

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)