CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Underwear tucked into expensive coat beside Central Park rock (9) 6 Situated, as in retirement place (5) 9 Located pioneer (5)

10 Organism mutates, enclosing heart of our donkey (9)

11 Tidy up guest bedrooms, not having to do sinks (9)

12 A person consumes 2/3 of cup at just the right moment (2,3)

13 Tourists finally look down gargoyle’s mouth (5)

15 Merchants disturbed late riser (9) 18 Talked to a Democrat in dinner clothes, e.g. (9)

19 Turn prod, catching lamb’s tail (2,3) 20 Audibly reject cuts (5) 22 Complete papal document brought by air, according to Spooner (4-5) 25 Exaggerated a venerable retro NASCAR venue (9)

26 Auditor’s ruin not warranted (5) 27 Abandons doctor before operations (5) 28 Values ordering a rest, carrying in the bag (9)

DOWN

1 Presents soldiers clutching feet (5)

2 Double novel involving cloning aristocrat (9) 3 Discombobulate dad having a cut dunked in pub drink (5) 4 Identical pair spins around in glee after Lee’s gone (4,5)

5 Calls bands (5)

6 B&O Railroad, in debt, taking out bank loans (9)

7 Za’atar spice author’s sent back (5) 8 Finished around the start of summer and essentially broke up (9)

13 Just sat alone and translated Dante (9) 14 Vincent’s brother leaves a mark on glitzy awards ceremony (3,6) 16 Mistakenly view data about large ocean surge (5,4)

17 Dress up male buddy in fluffy duck feathers (9)

21 Chamber orchestra’s foremost instrument (5)

22 Group of limousines moving quickly (5) 23 Bishop excuses fights (5)

24 Cries out for massages, we hear (5)