Friday 7 August

Across

1 Advantage of computerised identikit picture when pursuing crook virtually (7) 5 Spotted predator – shark is caught (7) 9 Young male nurse is loaded (5) 10 Tea, cream – not full fat – oddly it’s a Cambodian delicacy (9) 11 Call Musk with Washington opening that ought to bear fruit (10) 12 Two Americans holding back on driving range (3) 14 Pop singer’s ill – lie about swallowing pill in trashed Ibis hotel (6,6) 18 TV star barking cruelly at crew (6.6) (6.6) 21 Bow and scrape while retreating to some extent (3) 22 Hunk needing reason to start op-ed? (5,5) 25 Corrupt state maybe does if cutting back (9) 26 Initially in sonatas, Liszt enjoyed this minor key (5) 27 Expensive – taking 150 Euros, say (7) 28 In bed, weary, drinking wine – quite the opposite (7)

Down

1 On vacation Bradley Walsh ultimately ignored resort’s in-house rules? (6) 2 Finally – given you identified graffiti artist – Banksy’s in exposed state (6) 3 In France and in Germany, shaver sounded 1 across? (4-6) 4 Tax article without it (5) 5 My friend entertains men with essentially new material (9) 6 Ages in prison’s manure shed (4) 7 A film star cycles and waves (8) 8 Pine nut’s beginning to be problem (8) 13 School paid to spin results in mock (10) 15 Conducted lessons in English, with students covering tenses – one might appear with a smile (5,4) 16 Leaves power drills on the counter, securely fastened (8) 17 Sedative not applicable on piercing in the middle of the ear (8) 19 Stock of wine merchant delivered (6) 20 Gossipy magazine journalist is excited (6) 23 Lowest point of brain drain with regular emigration climbing (5) 24 Excellent, for example, to be Morocco-bound (4)