WEDNESDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1 Amasses, 5 Babysit, 9 Scrag ends, 10 Raise, 11 Goulash, 12 Thicket, 13 Turn the tables, 18 Cardiac arrest, 20 Audible, 23 Paperer, 25 Prior, 26 On display, 27 Dithery, 28 Strayed. DOWN: 1 Assign, 2 Air guitar, 3 Sigma, 4 Synthetic, 5 Beset, 6 Barricade, 7 Slick, 8 Treatise, 14 Reimburse, 15 Euripides, 16 Literally, 17 Scrapped, 19 Frayed, 21 Drift, 22 Ebony, 24 Poser. Prizeword: Mishmash