The Herald crosswords

ACROSS

8 Unable to make out cloudy area (6)

9 Frugal to mess about with l

ittle company income (8)

10 A lot of money for an

explosive device (4)

11 Treat Allan, perhaps, to a

dance (10)

12 Biscuit in Reg’s pan broken

after drink (6,4)

14 Enthusiastic about a bit of

badminton (4)

15 Break potato put in drink (5,2) 17 European hand measurement is hard (7)

20 Press club (4)

22 Eye’s artery given treatment in the recent past (10)

24 In ju-jitsu, person, I conclude, must be very fast (10)

26 Still not here, or no longer here? (4)

27 Process of choice where choice non-starter (8)

28 Greek island with sound streets (6)

DOWN

1 Intense enjoyment makes his demon wild (8)

2 Sweet nonsense (6)

3 Kentish city to run over Greater Manchester town (10) 4 Fish on the bride’s finger? (7) 5 Twelve rising and falling (4)

6 Funny bloke involving newspapers in trick (8)

7 Purple flower (6)

13 Source of powder to sprinkle – it’s not funny (10) 16 Grammatical unit, something passed (8)

18 Began to pocket loot, initially surprised (8)

19 Stupid as one figure (7)

21 Head off problem with Russian money (6)

23 Cowardly, like custard? (6) 25 Bargain to cut up (4)

ACROSS

8 Tiled high-point of a house (7)

9 Fish with a large net (5) 10 ___ dots, spotty pattern (5)

11 Briskly (7)

12 Contest with only a couple of likely winners (3-5,4) 16 Skin-bronzing shop (7,5)

20 Supporters’ group (3,4) 23 Minor obstacle (5)

24 Spiky flower (5)

25 Repel (4,3)

DOWN

1 Search blindly (5)

2 Be forced to bat again (6,2)

3 Append (6)

4 Goad into action (4) 5 Fundamental (6)

6 Group of musicians (4) 7 Infant’s enclosure (7) 13 Thick blanket used when travelling (3)

14 Process of becoming another’s legal parent (8)

15 Starchily (7)

17 Sea-bound area (6)

18 Onto the beach (6)

19 Slight smell (5)

21 Part of the neck (4)

22 ___ Oliver, unsweetened biscuit (4)