The Herald crosswords

ACROSS

1 Shocking news broadcast

is national mess (14)

9 Alter, change, but not at

the moment (5)

10 Bell tower for party by a

river (9)

11 Getting up a revolutionary

plot (7)

12 Bad loser's held five

people like you! (7)

13 In Delhi, kept on part of

walking tour (4)

14 Restless, unwell and a

coquette (3,2,4)

18 Poor but holy, keeping

back magic symbol (9)

20 A section of traffic, it

yielded in town (4)

22 Lie Cath exposed, being

moral (7)

25 Drink in the breeze (7)

26 Posted soldiers inside it

show emotion (9)

27 Annie awfully silly (5)

28 Make up with that butcher

he upset round yard (4,3,7)

DOWN

1 Muslim ruler in consultancy (6)

2 Sustenance from fruit – without it

iron's deficient (9)

3 Flying company finds sort of

fracture non-starter (7)

4 Perhaps noticing nothing

disguised (9)

5 Appellations from Vietnam,

especially (5)

6 Flyer allowed to follow bit of

foliage (7)

7 Strike small, small creature (5)

8 Yours truly has a less distressing

disease (7)

15 Final trench made when other options have been exhausted (4-5)

16 Sign car diagram (9)

17 Satisfy monkey consuming

greens (7)

19 Spoilt, say, if you're starting to

fix (7)

20 Hot car I built for Ben Hur's

transport (7)

21 Art set out, not moving (2,4)

23 Believer in growth industry (5)

24 See bloodsucker in shelter by

church (5)

ACROSS

1 Female domestic

servant (4)

3 Excessively anxious (8)

9 Propelling forward (7)

10 Sensations (5)

11 Disprove (5)

12 More hideous (6)

14 Abdominal crunches,

eg (3-3)

15 Puppet, fall guy (6)

18 ___ of, as a replacement

for (2,4)

20 Essential oil of roses (5) 22 Hurl (5)

23 Biblical giant, slain by

David (7)

25 In a courteous manner (8) 26 Over-abundance (4)

DOWN

1 Floor-cleaning tool (3)

2 Incorporeal (13)

4 Small breakfast

vessel (3-3)

5 Fellow competitor (5)

6 Indoor soccer game (5,8) 7 Homely (4)

8 Excellent (3-3)

11 Pink-coloured (cheeks) (4)

13 Drop of moisture when crying (4) 16 Searches (for information) (6)

17 Mildew-like (6)

19 Bar of gold (5)

21 Request to reply to an invitation

(inits) (4)

24 Cap, bonnet (3)