The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
8 Ships in a drama, destroyed (6)
9 Appreciated study involving odd lies (8)
10 US season’s trip (4)
11 Edible seeds for £500, crazy! (6,4)
12 Selfish, say, playing concerti (10)
14 Manufactured cheese the wrong way (4)
15 Colonist to pay the bill by right (7)
17 Camera I adapted for the country (7)
20 Metal for some chair, once (4)
22 Rivals were upset by club’s trophies (10)
24 To liberate, perhaps, and destroy (10)
26 Part of speech in Reno, unheard (4)
27 We shall take the trouble to become rich (4-2-2)
28 Tory chap is a trickster (3,3)
DOWN
1 Smashing girl with neat figure (8)
2 Culinary plant and cigar
left out (6)
3 Poor woman kept in by mistress
for poor behaviour (3,7)
4 Nanny by a railway store (7)
5 Sugar from some Jamaican
estate (4)
6 Wrong name of a thousand
merinos, maybe (8)
7 Made home in street surrounded
by poverty (6) 13 Ability to cope with cement mixer (10)
16 Bleating about concrete (8)
18 Leaflet is surprisingly crucial
to king (8)
19 One earl turned into
old queen! (7)
21 It may erase part of bridge
game (6)
23 Pale, at home, with onset of
gastritis, and losing strength (6)
25 God with tender back (4)
ACROSS
1 Branded as disgraceful (11)
9 Federation of people (5)
10 Britain’s largest wild land mammal (3,4)
11 Nickname given to a native of Tyneside (7)
12 Basil-based Italian sauce (5)
13 Turns on (a switch) (6)
15 Harpooners’ boat (6)
18 Country on the Adriatic (5)
20 Aligned (7)
22 Docking area (7)
23 Scent, smell (5)
24 Not friendly (11)
DOWN
2 Libyan capital (7)
3 Gluttony (5)
4 Thought the same about something (6)
5 Comprehensive, thorough (2-5)
6 Makes equal, levels (5)
7 Actor’s jitters (5,6)
8 Military vehicle (8,3)
14 Part of a lock (7)
16 ___ arms, renounce weapons (3,4)
17 Cloth, textile (6)
19 Protective dress worn in the kitchen (5)
21 Domain (5)