CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
8 Stitch certain to grip you French (6)
9 Garment seen in salver is a mockery (8)
10 Factory crusher (4)
11 Sea needs spa, as important part of mechanism (10)
12 Financial security obtained by a setter? Yes, cryptically (4,6)
14 Frank has nothing to write (4)
15 Traders upsetting leaders (7)
17 Harmful commercial poem (7)
20 Profit from vitamin-enriched drink (4)
22 Many beans damaged about the start of the year, however (2,3,5)
24 Punctuation mark perhaps too awkward (10)
26 Hurry to get grass (4)
27 A hundred getting excitement in drinking session (8)
28 Double bell? (6)
DOWN
1 Consider right in a minute, perhaps (8)
2 Development ugly, it is to blame (6)
3 March off with tribe to find sea creature (6,4)
4 Footballer’s match? (7)
5 Nocturnal animals attack going backwards (4)
6 Terrifying, though more safe, surprisingly (8)
7 Immediately pay for about a hundred (2,4)
13 Roosevelt carries cuddly toys (5,5)
16 Yearns for popular wild venture (4,4)
18 Relation going round home is threatening (8)
19 Little European pondlife (7)
21 Arrive with a soft fruit (6)
23 Stray with chore (6)
25 Flower came up (4)
ACROSS
1 Overthrow (9)
8 Roman emperor AD54-68 (4)
9 Medieval scientist (9)
10 Namby-pamby (4)
13 Model-aeroplane wood (5)
16 Greek tourist island (5)
17 Approaches menacingly (5)
18 Big old stove (5)
19 Deputising doctor (5)
20 Wash off with clean water (5)
21 Capable (5)
24 Labels (4)
27 Fledged (9)
28 Furrows (4)
29 Nursery (9)
DOWN
2 Visually unappealing (4)
3 Fourth NT gospel (4)
4 ___ Arterton, Bond girl (5)
5 Elephant’s teeth (5)
6 Twelve-month (4-5)
7 Circle-drawing device (9)
11 Carving artists (9)
12 Insulting comments (9)
13 Thailand’s neighbour (5)
14 Thrust (5)
15 Heedful (5)
22 Reside (5)
23 Baby’s loo (5)
25 Paraphernalia (4)
26 Swain (4)