CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Second showings about turfs (7)

5 Court disqualification of secular assembly (7)

9 Did actress Jenny come from a down-andout place? (7)

10 Fish that’s dug up and gone rotten (7)

11 Sew undergarment that’s cobbled together (9)

12 Semblance of voice of the people (5)

13 Does priest get into drugs? (5)

15 Unacknowledged crash becomes success with continued performance (3,3,3)

16 Girl departed earlier, mid-week, having changed status for the worse (9)

18 Register card and steal it? (5)

21 Format instructions to cover morning song (5)

22 Difficult to please, ‘cos constantly changes colour (9)

24 Influential work performed at National Theatre (7)

26Gad about in rumble with soft-natured cat (7)

27 Craftsman is more upset taking on learner (7)

28 Suppress evil when becomes gradually evident (5,2)

Down

1 Doctor at the back is provided with the equipment he needs once more (7)

2 Summon to play guitar, perhaps, having risen (5,2)

3 Activists in opposition would corrupt saint (5)

4 Line of one taking penalty is honest forthright person (8,7)

5 King of Orange is given mixed Australian and Russian writer’s book of words (6,9)

6 Fish you pay for when you get it (3)

7 Observe to perish at end of December, being more run down (7)

8 Novice takes measly tanner for illumination (7)

12 Goes with Scottish bands of associates (5)

14 Country where mineral spring is popular (5) 16 Fruit of mother _ boys (7)

17 Refuse to acknowledge need to reduce fatalities (3,4)

19 International name angry about breeding that doesn’t promote biodiversity (7)

20 Unlucky lose pin securing Greek letter (7)

23 Scottish town lays trap after the Spanish spotted (5)

25 Tool used by

27 goes missing when nothing’s hidden (3)