CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Hypocritical rule coupled with ensign (6,8)
9 Mature epitaph with two points (5)
10 One somehow inert worker is wandering (9)
11 Fruit of the moment, we hear (7)
12 Means of igniting that’s easier to carry (7)
13 Old ruler’s reported this game (4)
14 Tearful march with ally upset (9)
18 Be in irate disposition when drunk (9)
20 Chay twists about – painful! (4)
22 Irritate after winter month when feverish (7)
25 Judge to make mention of two points (7)
26 Drunken sailor admits skill relating to fashion (9)
27 Leans over sets of items (5)
28 Sixties ailment treated by self-destiny (14)
DOWN
1 Supervise non-stop (6)
2 More elevated lawsuit - that’s capital! (5,4)
3 Yearn before an attempt in the distant past (4,3)
4 I can still create a spark (9)
5 Shakespeare character receives signal, it’s said (5)
6 Barge doctor on side, right? (7)
7 Right kiln for the Sunday joint? (5)
8 Throw around rattles and cause fright (7)
15 Brand of car that becomes a tech lover (9)
16 I am harsh, I upset spiritual leader (9)
17 Tuna, perhaps, for powerful person (3,4)
19 Financially devastating IOUS? Run off! (7)
20 Ramsey’s double’s a plant (7)
21 Discarded cargo in streams by the morning (6)
23 What may be used to clean up by Gunners in penalty area (5)
24 Cream tea not finished by prophet (5)
ACROSS
1 Domestic coal container (7)
5 Suffrage (4)
8 Suspend in the air (5) 9 To do with weddings (7)
11 Highland dagger (4) 12 Deliberate over (8)
15 Concentrate (5)
16 Spiny wild shrub (5)
19 Mixed (8)
21 Low, unprincipled (4)
23 Swirling hot tub (7)
25 Underground railway in Paris (5)
26 Open pastry case (4)
27 Set in action (7)
DOWN
2 Vast and dark (9)
3 ___ accountant, bookie (4)
4 Big Ben’s city (6)
5 Fermentation tank (3)
6 Draw a picture outline on thin paper (5)
7 Covering over a light bulb (5)
10 Gun (6)
13 Take to pieces (9)
14 Mineral used in watches (6)
17 Measure of hosiery thickness (6)
18 Room scheme (5)
20 Slow garden pest (5)
22 Offensively self-satisfied (4)
24 Ode on a Grecian ___, Keats poem (3)