CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Expand on what a snapper might do (7)

5 Copies part of tapestries (4)

10 US money in home county (5)

11 Lace she fashioned in part of London (7)

12 Gorge cheese (7)

14 Rising charts of junk emails (4) 16 Concerning the historical feast (6)

18 National song the man composed (6)

20 Longing to head off powerful movement (4)

21 Excel with alternative in the open air (7)

24 Very old worker, terribly nice at heart (7)

25 Bird finding silver inside wriggling eel (5) 27 Complaints at unopened testaments (4) 28 Unexpectedly sent via those who may be restless? (7)

DOWN

2 And in France get a hundred – and the rest (abbrev)(3) 3 Relieved from some disease, delighted (5)

4 Ring Mark’s awards (6)

6 Hot aspic I pour over nut (9)

7 Strip of street round US city (4)

8 Old boy’s solution is unclear (7)

9 Motive concerning a boy (6)

13 Pragmatic claimer about to grab sleuth (9) 15 Slowly appears with eye-opening mixes (7)

17 Music system in store, perhaps, about last in range (6) 19 Shakespearean heroine to pair off (6) 22 Diverting back round fountain (5)

23 Garment first seen all round India (4)

26 Strewth – nearly half the poultry’s vanished! (3)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Cordially (7)

5 Textile factory (4) 10 Name-calling (5) 11 Disquiet (7) 12 Brassica plant (7) 14 Zenith (4) 16 Ethereal, vague (6) 18 Make wealthy (6) 20 Ship’s bottom (4) 21 Antlered quadruped (3,4) 24 Whim (7)

25 Ground meat (5) 27 Spin (4) 28 Connotation (7) DOWN 2 Viral cold (3)

3 Sports stadium (5) 4 Rock-clinging shell (6) 6 Formed from a model (9) 7 National emblem of Wales (4) 8 Electronic price tag (3,4) 9 Shoe without laces (4-2) 13 Hive owner (9) 15 Knight’s steed (7) 17 Gently (6)

19 Cool wind (6)

22 Evil spirit or being (5) 23 Talent, aptitude (4) 26 Affectionate name for grandma (3)