SOLUTION TO PUZZLE No. 8603:

ACROSS: 1 Half-witted; 6 Cash; 10 Camilla; 11 Porters; 12 Sergeants; 13 Meant; 14 Wager; 15 Dissonant; 17 Lashed out; 20 Cedes; 21 Order; 23 Estaminet; 25 Impasse; 26 Leonine; 27 Gods; 28 Stay-at-home.

DOWN: 1 Hocks; 2 Lyme Regis; 3 Well-earned rest; 4 Trained; 5 Exposes; 7 Arena; 8 Hesitates; 9 Crumb of comfort; 14 Wallowing; 16 Andantino; 18 Overeat; 19 Totally; 22 Duped; 24 Theme.