CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

8 Fields of operation in dramatic environments (8)

9 Receive a carbon copy, in short, to record time (6)

10 The other side would be against model artist (6)

11 Paid attention to catalogue addictive, in the end (8)

12 Have an inclination to take part in the whole anthology (4)

13 Continue to popular haunt. There’s nowhere else to go (4,6)

15 Old man had a trek organised to sample something (7)

17 Come round with radical colleague (7) 20 Coming into line on an empty drive can be disappointing (10)

22 A building plot had some material deposited there (4)

24 Coping well with staff who are getting on a bit (8)

26 Fall into a trance when producing a sugary liquid (6)

27 Went to a large inlet in the sea in the recess (6)

28 Didn’t desreve to any wages when they weren’t worked for (8) DOWN

1 Cast out, it’s said from a royal chair (6)

2 A strict disciplinarian might tear mint up (8) 3 Large stretches of water, where one is superior to the rest (5,5)

4 We should become more economical but it’s of no avail (7)

5 Have permission to make one’s way through the mountains (4)

6 Prison officers, commonly, take on some second rowing teams (6)

7 Seemed to turn up, having acted for one at a hearing (8)

14 Did Roger manage to get into good strong spice (4,6)

16 One having the last work can be won over (8)

18 Other people have the remedy: a treatment involving inactivity (4,4)

19 Phones one in the boxing arena to have a drink (5,2)

21 Is about to take a leading seaman on, with some justification (6)

23 Deals with traffic on Sunday (6) 25 Leaders inspect drivers, expecting assistants to have nothing to do (4)