The Brain Teaser

No. 8,580

ACROSS

1. One of those breezy hats it takes little money to start making (9)

6. The charm with which the Scot took in the American (5)

9. It can be seen on the heel – or maybe lower (5)

10. Some of those foreign dogs? (9)

11. Really fit digger going down to water level? (4-6)

12. Regarded as a fairy by one country (4)

14. One who may have to go to the bank to get on his feet (7)

15. By which one may be struck with astonishment? (7)

17. Those in charge – but only where men are concerned? (7)

19. Going away from the district? (7)

20. Of course, it's in one's face! (4)

22. With which children pretend to fish at the top of the stairs? (7-3)

25. Party member who's a jolly good sport? (1,4,4)

26. The way to get a spot? (5)

27. One more and the men in the boat would be half-seas over! (5)

28. Stated what you saw – and signed it? (9)

DOWN

1. Good man but inexperienced as a windindicator! (5)

2. Wasn't ready to leave the estate? (9)

3. On which one is privately engaged? (10)

4. One way the terrain could be made tamer (7)

5. Relation father might expect (7)

6. Mother has lost the right to a companion (4)

7. Darling princess! (5)

8. Worked in the supermarket but was dismissed? (9)

13. As a precaution, the way one expects a judge to be? (4,2,4)

14. A loss only the king hears about? (9)

16. Perhaps song is aid to identification of what's wrong (9)

18. Everything in entertainment, it appears, is superficial (7)

19. Scrap for queer chaps mostly (7)

21. Stay quiet when on the mat to show your indifference? (5)

23. Flower in a coat, perhaps? (5)

24. Excitement at the athletic contest (4)