CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
9 Let a saint wickedly torment (9)
10 Bear offer written in A&E (5)
11 Camera I adapted for New World (7)
12 Cooking vessel for one who steals game? (7)
13 Editor's back to create music that's rot (9)
16 Give pompous speech at zero speed (5)
17 Part of aircraft beneath section of train (13)
20 Occasion when first lady leads conservation society (5)
21 Women tend to convert legacy (9)
24 Very old worker, terribly nice at heart (7)
25 Reminder to hold ornate net as souvenir (7)
27 Doctrine, whichever way you look at it! (5)
28 Spilling gin behind a soft cotton cloth is dreadful (9)
DOWN
1 Single thread is maroon (6)
2 Sort of neat stake (4)
3 Metallic element Ida put back into spirit (6)
4 Eager to rise for prima donna (4)
5 Once again came out to harvest fruit with little Edward (10)
6 Pasta Naomi cooked outside vehicle (8)
7 Set up hard knot at ninety degrees (5,5)
8 Row about stray dog (7)
14 Deign to go down after study (10)
15 Trash score badly written by groups of musicians (10)
18 Request tea brewed in lobby (8)
19 Football's fine! (7)
22 Feeble person with the French nun's garment (6)
23 Roughage initially put in sturdy animal food container (6)
25 Sulk about poor poem (4)
26 Pin on Daniel regularly (4)
ACROSS
8 Whimsical (5)
9 Sharp taste (7)
10 Enrage (7)
11 Copper ___, tree variety (5)
12 Person digging for precious yellow metal (4,5)
14 Forbid (3)
15 Inn, tavern (3)
16 Elastic strap attached to a stocking (9)
19 Written slander (5)
21 Large, wild, spotted cat (7)
23 Skull (7)
24 Aunt's husband (5)
DOWN
1 Border or frill (6)
2 Item of sports equipment used on a green (4,4)
3 Courtroom declaration (4)
4 Be dressed in (4,2)
5 In flight (8)
6 Board-game cubes (4)
7 Constrictor snake (6)
13 Forcibly interfere (6,2)
14 Tough time in your life (3,5)
15 Constabulary (6)
17 Serious, dignified (6)
18 Boat-guiding device (6)
20 Be boastful (4)
22 Liability (4)