The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
1 Rebuilt Bard’s theatre, do act (5,3,6)
9 The Spanish love exercise and run away (5)
10 Throw one inside overworked fossil (9)
11 A main road? (3,4)
12 Ancient Greek having skill in bridge (7)
13 Thoughtful daughter supports family (4)
14 With hot rod, cow crashed into TV sci-fi favourite (6,3)
18 Poke fun at old royal building style (4,5)
20 Diagram lacking cloudy city (4)
22 Seems likely answer – soft pieces of fruit (7)
25 Old book setting – disgusting! (7)
26 Fruit from a green tin gone bad (9)
27 Roughly seen in a fight (5)
28 Dish with muscle to boot (4,10)
DOWN
1 Religious person ending daylight robbery (6)
2 Narcissist to proceed into a cinema, perhaps (9)
3 I’d heard about person who resists change (7)
4 Fiery chief journalist is rash (3-6)
5 Edges, black edges (5)
6 A mostly outspoken party demands fruit (7)
7 Slide from top of deep divide (5)
8 Social gathering at French island (7)
15 Physical soldier captures enemy leader (9)
16 Calculated how a mine is exhausted (6,3)
17 Rascal regarding style of art (7)
19 Cockney robber, one going to pot (3,4)
20 Do without it, as ban involved (7)
21 Some inspecting preserve gel (6)
23 Loose change for writer to cope without operation (5)
24 Look happy with crushed limes (5)
ACROSS
8 Wait awhile (5)
9 Exposes (7)
10 Reviewed the accounts of (7)
11 Ill-fitting, slack (5)
12 Substance that maintains a coiffure (9)
14 Crunchy lettuce (3)
15 Lower limb (3)
16 Marks for further reference (9)
19 ___ Lee, Cockney rhyming slang for ‘tea’ (5)
21 Best ever (3-4)
23 Grand French country house (7)
24 Canal vessel (5)
DOWN
1 Effect of something landing in water (6)
2 Sport involving running and jumping (8)
3 Badger’s lair (4)
4 Jerking motion (6)
5 One with the authority to hire staff (8)
6 Norway’s largest city (4)
7 Advantageous possessions (6)
13 Astronauts (8)
14 Money handlers (8)
15 Words of a song (6)
17 Container for a beverage (6)
18 Cooked slowly in liquid (6)
20 Graceful bird (4)
22 Soft part of the outer ear (4)