CLASSIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Serbo-croat, half-trained university graduate (8,2,4)

9 Ocean wrecked boat (5)

10 Leonardo, eg, mixes red,

almost (3,6)

11 Early settler landing with

one on board (7)

12 Longed to see trophy finally

merited (7)

13 Loudly instructed to be

tight (4)

14 Exit scene dramatically for a

living (9)

18 Root drink – cheers! (7,2)

20 Disputes lines (4)

22 Sumatra producing nasty shocks (7)

25 Brown, dark sort of mug (7) 26 Visiting German city church, basically (2,7)

27 Mammal with an 'igher temperature (5)

28 And benefits Mrs Twist with dog (4,4,6)

DOWN

1 Vitamin with mushrooms makes muscle (6)

2 In agreement, deceive boy worker (9)

3 First lady to take a break by mountain (7)

4 Rouses old trouble without a scent (9)

5 Not even lady rejects commercial, strangely (5)

6 Resolute woman, married social worker (7)

7 Giant - it turns brown (5)

8 Walked on river with strange external number (7)

15 I am needing medical treatment, unable to wait (9)

16 Recent fortress in Tyneside city (9) 17 Don't indulge with sailor, Mark (7) 19 Diffusion of moss is nothing to worry about (7)

20 Listen to private resentment (7) 21 Felt great affection for a party revolutionary (6)

23 Near a new sports enclosure (5) 24 Vocalist almost gets superficial burn (5)

ACROSS

1 Mischievous (7) 5 Ask earnestly (4) 10 Able to be heard (7) 11 Labourer (5)

12 Hazard (5)

13 Camera shots (6) 15 Finished financially (6) 17 Ancient Giza monument (6) 19 Revisit (2,4) 20 Extracts with the mouth (5)

23 Revolve rapidly (5) 24 Homage (7)

25 Huge (4)

26 Stout shoes (7)

DOWN

2 Command (5) 3 Impossible to credit (12) 4 Chimney cleaners (6)

6 Italian dish of filled 'cushions' (7)

7 Rising and falling toy (2-2) 8 Horror-film bloodsucker (7) 9 Surrounding (12)

14 Had life (7)

16 Chore after washing (7)

18 Ice-rink user (6)

21 Raw, untreated (5)

22 Propel yourself through water (4)