CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Dominee, wise man and saint add up amounts to be taken (7)

5 In rough accommodation, dogged by symptom of disease (4,3)

9 Trunk section with motorway running through devised by scientist (7)

10 Sailor has penfriend exchange (7)

11 Mall store converted into defensive towers (9)

12 It’s sweet to tease you and me into giving up (5)

13 Top tennis player to finish up between two novices (5)

15 Officer with metal trousers informs residents (9)

16 Dopehead gets snack (3,6)

18 Goes crazy about introduction to brave solider (5)

21 Multiply paper (5)

22 Form book showing examples of impressive quality (5,4) 24 Ghost, perhaps, of woman’s buried female relative (7)

26 Be nosey about interest? Not polite (7) 27 Shortages detective runs to ground (7) 28 Knife attack resulted in being confined in a box (7)

DOWN

1 Medical once-over according to numerical points system (7)

2 Air news about how to process witness initially (5,2)

3 Fellows report on external appearance (5) 4 Hang up one’s hat with pensioners – 40 or more – to avenge past grievances (6,3,6) 5 Some Cabinet Ministers, in private, get unexpected raise (4,11)

6 Scots scratch slowing down (3) 7 Figure technical college almost finished (7) 8 Do I leave time machine to old fogeys? (7) 12 Fantastic meal served without a penny (5) 14 “Down with skool!” – or so it seems (5)

ROS SHERARD 16 Clumsily fixed up Ted, chap with entanglement (7)

17 A term up to scratch for Japanese dish (7) 19 Item of food procured via cult (7)

20 Hold up that’s useless during outlay (7) 23 Collection of sacred writings gives up aesthetic works about union (5) 25 Express disapproval of abbreviating Egyptian king’s name (3)