SOLUTION TO 4729

ACROSS: 1, Untruthfulness; 8, Turner; 9, Risotto; 12, Bard; 13, Substratum; 15, Melee; 16, Snowdrop; 17, Hog; 18, Name drop; 20, Robot; 23, Torridness; 24, Urge; 26, Obliged; 27, Ballad; 28, Self-regulating. DOWN: 2, Neutral; 3, Rank; 4, Turn up; 5, For a song; 6, Lustreware; 7, Stormy petrel; 10, Tutor; 11, Abominations; 14, Deadringer; 16, Sop; 17, Hound dog; 19, Moral; 21, Bargain; 22, Isabel; 25, Clot.

The winner of 4728 is Jonathan Thompson, Suffolk