Tuesday 3 March

Across

1/5 Medic’s poor score with Guardian crossword debut (7,7) 9 A model turned storyteller (5) 10 Being criminals sucks (9) 11 Each prior show to begin with cast (10) 12 Single move divorce city’s backing (4) 14 Old individual helping to get acquittal (11) 18 They possibly pilfer hot stores, removing content (11) 21 Feel reasonably well or berserk (4) 22 Nasty and perhaps guilty, wearing fake suntan (10) 25 Teaching the students at last, mathematician is using body language (9) 27 Farm work up to maturity (7) 28 Look embarrassed seeing nurse regularly in motion (4,3)

Down

1 Express unhappiness about programme that’s trashy (6) 2 Awfully sorry to have pocketed a chaplet (6) 3 Poorly writer’s in favour of vague reply (10) 4/15 Clue for March: one in seven desperately trying to make friends and influence people (5,9) 5 Replace McEnroe in broadcast? (9) 6 Almost raw and red (4) 7 Not going to a restaurant with inane git misbehaving (6,2) 8 Wedding band for a shilling in Northern poor regions (4,4) 13 Pianist playing ‘Waterfalls’ (4,6) 16 Is in France consuming load – this? (8) 17 Massive waste in fossil fuel (8) 19 Criticism oddly not heard for Figaro? (6) 20 On board boat, ten days – be there! (6) 23 Go straight (5) 24/26 Cocktail – one drunk by a clubber dancing (4,5)