Friday 17 July

Across

1 Threat to informer? (4,4,3,4) 9 Throw back nameless catch at sea (7) 10 Withdraw having committed a further offence as reported (7) 11 Newton going, ‘You shouldn’t point!’ (3) 12 Previously keeping flashy eroticist very happy (2,5,4) 13 Mainly competent rating (4,6) 15 Knocked back the drink (over a gallon) for some considerable time (4) 18 Coming back discontented, negotiates very low price, a bargain (4) 20 US comedian put away for drugs in decline (10) 23 Loudly complain after sailors originally aboard leave port? (7,4) 25 Take main road around valley (3) 26 Neither partner recalled mentioning bread lines (7) 27 Flavouring from America is in demand (7) 28 What Telford had a lot of to attract Romeo – sex (6,9)

Down

1 Youth is speaking about another: ‘Dickhead!’ (5,4) 2 B-list occasionally spoken about is going round (7) 3 Singer Tom with suite trashed (8) 4 I get emotional about returning to London’s original theatre (5) 5 Long for a drink? (4,2,3) 6 Turn left, perhaps, after park entrance – positive? (6) 7 Complaining in bar (7) 8 Forces serviceman, might you say? (5) 14 Hit wicket – AUS 1 down (spinner finally bowled over) (9) 16 Synonyms to begin with: fly, go off, make a run for it (9) 17 Call service engineers initially for correction (8) 19 Less sensible son gets involved making little difference (7) 21 Current Republican leading on the surface is a moron (7) 22 A green revolution of sorts (6) 23 Make editor ultimately responsible for such columns (5) 24 Vlad’s past being ideal (5)