1 Cryptic crossword

ACROSS

8 Not engaged to Hoover worker (6)

9 Part of a book that's often removed? (8) 10 Final explosion took the front off (4)

11 Thanks new cleaner after beginning to

brush place of worship (10)

12 Realised Don's detour was erratic (10) 14 Cut wife buried in layer (4)

15 Branch assistant displays part of car (7) 17 Most vulgar with or without comedian's

opening character (7)

19 Care about farmland unit (4)

21 Notice sign badly wants dividing up (10) 24 Scintillating aspect of studying litter in

Guildford (10)

26 Require massage, we hear (4)

27 Country club rep I upset (8)

28 They're behind bars when cop is injured

round centre of Luton (6)

DOWN LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION Across:

8 Tenner, 9 Uttering, 10 Menu, 11 Locomotive, 12 Babysitter, 14 Ring, 15 Reading, 17 Finnish, 19 Area, 21 Embroidery, 24 Aftershave, 26 Unit, 27 Especial, 28 Oxtail.

Down:

1 Serenade, 2 Injury, 3 Brilliance, 4 Dulcet, 5 Atom, 6 Brethren, 7 Uneven, 13 Rhinoceros, 16 Diabetes, 18 Sardinia, 20 Refuse, 22 Beagle, 23 Daunts, 25 Slip. 1 Hans reverses round a truck in grass

land (8)

2 Rodent let out clattering sound (6)

3 Figures that are vital to a model (10)

4 Tailless primate goes round Malaysian

capital to find tropical grass (6)

5 Goad football team endlessly (4)

6 Filthy cigarette residue in single con

tainer (8)

7 Raised edge on blue cushion (6)

13 Durham town dear to one's heart (10) 16 Scrambles up crest on top of mountain

range (8)

18 Life perhaps can be represented in a

few words (8)

20 Rang everyone taken in by last month's

upturn (6)

22 Grasp part of foot after chisel drops

inside (6)

23 In New York, initially, I make a profit over

89 (6)

25 Somewhere else to house fish (4)