SOLUTION TO PUZZLE No. 8573:

ACROSS: 1 Struggling; 6 Limb; 10 Recover; 11 Compact; 12 Pullovers; 13 Known; 14 Reeve; 15 Stainless; 17 Catches up; 20 Jacks; 21 Ashes; 23 Art school; 25 Martini; 26 Heeling; 27 Dine; 28 Short sight.

DOWN: 1 Scrap; 2 Recollect; 3 Give one the slip; 4 Larders; 5 Nicosia; 7 Idaho; 8 Botanists; 9 Smoking jackets; 14 Reclaimed; 16 Enclosing; 18 Spanish; 19 Pitcher; 22 Heron; 24 Light.