Cryptic Crossword

Across

7 Give voice to a total. It's outand-out (5)

8 A carthorse turned up with the

band (9)

10 Managed to perform a lot by

chance (6)

11 An average period was needed

in the interim (8)

12 Stirs things up, as in 26 across

(8)

13 Appear to look into the first

mirror (4)

15 Organise a run across some

open country (7)

17 Can't get in at the end, playing

a long time ago (7)

20 One has to laugh at a sunken

fence (2-2)

22 Once had date organised.

That's another story (8)

25 Quite fixed, to be exact (8)

26 In the past, summon one to

court to stir things up (6)

27 It's close up to a point, when

stretched (9)

28 Rebounds like some young

steers (5)

Down

1 Odd runs scored by unusual

away team (9)

2 Vented, at the end, having

opened up a blood-feud (8)

3 Show grounds for future

excellence (7)

4 Deceives one's partner, for

instance (6,2)

5 Set out twice to get rid of a

deadly fly (6)

6 Had little time to run into a referee, in short,,and a former president (5)

9 Leave out some of the room, it

seems (4)

14 Establish a foundation for

research, etc (9)

16 At last, was reading about a

sloping ascent (8)

18 Point out that one acted in a

new production (8)

19 Did a girl keep a red admiral in

the family? (7)

21 Get down from a horse, say,

with a lantern (6)

23 In the end, find a retreat for an

old Premier (4)

24 A malevolent spirit left in

danger (5)

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1 Paperweight, 9 Tea garden, 10 Ritzy, 11 Auto, 12 California, 14 Grew, 15 Speculator, 19 Trajectory, 20 Quin, 21 Overexcite, 23 Chew, 25 Ypres, 27 No-brainer, 28 Hold the fort

DOWN: 1 Play the game, 2 Peak, 3 Red carpet, 4 Ennui, 5 Gargoyle, 6 Tit, 7 Straight, 8 Myna, 13 Not much in it, 16 Card-table, 17 Ringworm, 18 Reversal, 21 Onyx, 22 Can it, 24 Halo, 26 Rah.