WEEKEND CROSS WORD

ACROSS

1 Suffering from this, men will not have hair-raising experiences (8) 6 Attempt to include another wad that’s cheap and showy (6) 9 Reconciled a sin (6) 10 Monkey’s unusual parentage not new (5,3) 11 His campaign contained something deceitful (4) 12 Dee in citadel talking (5) 13 Defeat utterly going almost all the way (4) 14 Crazy extremists? (7,6) 17 Use two ears before making a judgement (4,4,5) 20 Refuse to notice that cakes have been returned (4) 22 Insurgent bachelor takes part in dance (5) 24 This looking as ideal refuge initially (4) 25 Branch not on fire (8) 26 Do get a cure for senility (6) 27 Without a penalty perhaps or abundance (6) 28 In Lochaber, dared to include town in South Wales (8)

DOWN

2 Reasonable to record one name without end (7) 3 One pain developing hesitantly inside respiratory disease (9) 4 Surrendered five notes, two repeated (5) 5 Lace gin cocktail that’s divine (7) 6 Bull he’s found in the dictionary (9) 7 Element man left out sometimes becomes hard in winter (5) 8 Romeo must have appropriate river transport (7) 15 Boom Terry discovered in town on the island (9) 16 Noted dual movement having small rounded lumps (9) 17 It’s easy to hold but hard to control (7) 18 Lady found hat a bit crooked (7) 19 Laugh when said gee-gee is caught in twisted reins (7) 21 Sink likewise into rubbish container (5) 23 Stay temporarily in college head’s residence (5)