CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Ample librarian turned dancer (5,9)
9 Instruct how to process trout (5)
10 Disclosure of commercial aim (9)
11 Lacking bakery process, we hear (7)
12 Porridge awful to a male (7)
13 Academic point made (4)
14 Patron has drink with railway employee (9)
18 Unnecessary and turned off (9)
20 Talk softly and catch one’s breath (4)
22 Land, not sea I suspect (7)
25 Wrestle with half of grey fruit (7)
26 Paparazzo arrived with artist bloke (9)
27 Dwelling in Leipzig, look (5)
28 Dutch general, an outcast, isn’t chuckling at the time (6,8)
DOWN
1 Obvious type of leather (6)
2 Feeling ready for old tune (2,3,4)
3 Flying company finds sort of fracture non-starter (7)
4 Brewed ales again provide relief from pain (9)
5 Dance for an uncertain period (5)
6 Knight knocked back German name, seeking Italian dish (7)
7 Din in Livorno, I see (5)
8 Linespeople (7)
15 A label attached, one held by father for South American region (9)
16 Top titles distributed flyer in trial (4,5)
17 Pressing need for rebellion, but not in south (7)
19 Ron in no trouble as it was drip-dry (3-4)
20 Shredding cheese is irritating (7)
21 Diversion routed the wrong way (6)
23 Noisily interfere with American resort (5)
24 A revolutionary around Mexico’s capital supplied with weapons (5)
ACROSS
7 Get by, cope (6)
8 Swear in as a minister (6)
9 Sole (4)
10 Excavation (3)
11 Prayer’s confirming word (4)
12 Drunken daze (6)
14 Failing in one’s duty (6)
16 Fish-eating bird (6)
19 Speak indistinctly (6)
21 Verse composition (4)
23 Succour (3)
24 Actor’s character (4)
25 Smokestack (6)
26 Add spices (6)
DOWN
1 Bird famed for its ability to eat quickly (6)
2 A large number of (4)
3 Metal fabricator (6)
4 Boarder (6)
5 Thought generated in the mind (4)
6 Large streams (6)
13 Benchmark golf score (3)
15 Keep ___, remain silent (3)
17 Cram for exams (4,2)
18 Annually (6)
19 Mythical snake-haired Gorgon (6)
20 Bound along clumsily (6)
22 Chewing gum flavour (4)
24 Abbey ___, Beatles album (4)