1-across – Sign of injury at the start of a run : SCARPER

5-across – Be defeated in sporting contest,showing clip of film? : CLOSEUP

9-across – Shell men found by French sea : ORMER

10-across – Mesmerized,we turned round with irritating pain in bed : BEWITCHED

11-across – Tries somehow to get involved with terms – US terms? : TRIMESTERS

12-across – Jumper found in bedroom : ROO

14-across – Quiet son,moved by account of Jesus’s life? : QUESTIONMARK

18-across – Artful idiot thrown out of form always,not just once : CLEVERCLEVER

21-across – One with quiet word expressing some reservation? : ISH

22-across – Being terribly blue,I read a poet : BAUDELAIRE

25-across – English square occupied by GP right about glands and hormones etc. : ENDOCRINE

26-across – Greek character,contemptible person to live in squalor : PIGIT

27-across – Can bird appear in Welsh village? : TINTERN

28-across – People in charge of boats keep out birds almost entirely : BARGEES

1-down – Bird on board ship moves quickly : SCOOTS

2-down – A jolly lot facing endless sorrow in a sort of depression : ARMPIT

3-down – Rescue pets suffering tortures : PERSECUTES

4-down – Disprove underground stem can shoot up : REBUT

5-down – Timidity of animal on something slippery crossing a road : COWARDICE

6-down – Food no good for ibexes etc. : OATS

7-down – Spiritual home ultimately found at that place with a lake : ETHEREAL

8-down – Use material to protect plants in small fields : PADDOCKS

13-down – Report line being tampered with – someone invading privacy : INTERLOPER

15-down – Group gathering around heretic may be such : SECTARIAN

16-down – Amidst stress,I had twist of fate : ACCIDENT

17-down – Fish only some fishermen had enjoyed : MENHADEN

19-down – Individual record : SINGLE

20-down – American following food channel : MEATUS

23-down – Daughter and little brother,primarily seen as nerd : DWEEB

24-down – Some land that is holy,without beginning or end : ACRE

1-across – Root powerless to stop runs – gets spinner : ROTATOR

5-across – 24 – entertaining TV show returning with Bauer essentially really old : ANTIQUE

9-across – Second eleven shows spirit : STEAM

10-across – Carry On Up The Khyber re-release ultimately must accept cut : PERSEVERE

11-across – Bore ought to finish off the wine : SHOULDERED

12-across – Church on sex and desire : ITCH

14-across – Court studies motion before new award for loser : WOODENSPOON

18-across – Reform elected assuming one right-winger mostly means to reveal truth : LIEDETECTOR

21-across – Approach hospital following stroke : PATH

22-across – Busy wine bar admitting fifty students destroyed partition : BERLINWALL

25-across – Trouble before navy crew start on the decking : ADORNMENT

26-across – Lime tree’s length : METRE

27-across – Most insensitive firm is in Paris : HARDEST

28-across – Calls for more space with 20 cycling : ENCORES

1-down – Stand up to get dress,having taken coat off first : RESIST

2-down – Orthodox teen maybe trained by orthodox teen : THEBOY

3-down – Plant corporation ran with little investment : TUMBLEWEED

4-down – Number one sport to initiate change in India? : RUPEE

5-down – A politician ring-fencing me time achieves harmony : AGREEMENT

6-down – Row about computers etc being on the counter : TIER

7-down – Lee Mack sometimes having problem with teacher : QUESTION

8-down – Jumbo jet taking off first,overtaking plane travelling with husband on board : ELEPHANT

13-down – To do with fine dining,wanting starter to be huge : ASTRONOMIC

15-down – Public holding River Exe back,work too hard : OVEREXERT

16-down – Friends turned up – in a hasty,careless way : SLAPDASH

17-down – See 2 : NEXTDOOR

19-down – See 7 : MASTER

20-down – Taking seconds to spend all his Euros – oddly getting tool : PLIERS

23-down – Loose-limbed and ‘drunk’ on helium : LITHE

24-down – Climbing volcano – produces stake : ANTE

1-across – Deputy’s role in recidivist’s scam? : SECONDFIDDLE

9-across – Ride in white vehicle : WAGON

10-across – Ultimately,storm in teacup brewing as American tires? : PNEUMATIC

11-across – Some retro hairstyles returning shortly : TERSELY

12-across – Temple guards at this spot,so there! : WHEREAT

13-across – Descriptive of some optical equipment,instrument with 5,7? : HORNRIMMED

15-across – Look of golfer regularly missing : OGLE

18-across – European lake drained : BLED

19-across – Number of suits and doctor eagerly embracing university student in America : IVYLEAGUER

22-across – Slump in queue for turkeys? : DECLINE

24-across – Country with occupied territory fled by yours truly,cereal crop in blockade? : CROATIA

25-across – New porthole battered,where it could be many times : NORTHPOLE

26-across – As a unit,aware of fate in the end : INONE

27-across – Bread filled with something salty,though not a standard cheese : MONTEREYJACK

1-down – Served up always with minimum of fuss,sauces less sweet? : SUGARFREE

2-down – Capital is sometimes available remarkably,resources initially raised : CANBERRA

3-down – Like a cheetah – with sharp teeth and claws? : NIPPY

4-down – Cruise: sense that’s inspiring where at sea : FREEWHEEL

5-down – Electrical device has to cross a channel for Spooner? : DIMMER

6-down – Tea,it’s said,in bedtime drink : LATTE

7-down – See 5 : SWITCH

8-down – Second article about evacuation of country cut : SCYTHE

14-down – Picture lover with jockey on top of Guernsey transported by cow? : MOVIEGOER

16-down – Drudgery of the pig farmer? : GRUNTWORK

17-down – Air,in part,through American burner? : CAROLINA

18-down – Put down ace and joker on deck and throw in one’s hand? : BEDONE

20-down – See 17 : REAPER

21-down – See 18 : WITHIT

23-down – Relic in rogue I love : CURIO

24-down – Coach originally weighing a ton,not a car : CHEVY

5-across – Cry as one is eaten by ogre : SHRIEK

6-across – Balls ascend randomly : DANCES

9-across – Equips 2,3 and 5 perhaps : PRIMES

10-across – Adorn gold books containing star : ORNAMENT

11-across – Accomplishment of bases broadcast : FEAT

12-across – Defiant about promises involving ring : REBELLIOUS

13-across – With increasing speed oleander spread by a cricket club : ACCELERANDO

18-across – Fly paper that’s attached to car : WINGMIRROR

21-across – Seize end of big flipping obstacle : GRAB

22-across – Server with first class hair : WAITRESS

23-across – Staple moulded artist’s material : PASTEL

24-across – Small fish producing unpleasant smell : STENCH

25-across – Note in religious sermon : HOMILY

1-down – Small drink a jerk finds exciting : DRAMATIC

2-down – Drinks beer regularly in advert : TEASER

3-down – Old lady with returning desire to have one adult plant : MAGNOLIA

4-down – Dish affected when coated with silicon : SCAMPI

5-down – Ice screen around edges of balustrade : SORBET

7-down – Make fun of result during drink : SENDUP

8-down – Hoodwink doppelganger on X : DOUBLECROSS

14-down – I have returned to study church support : EVIDENCE

15-down – Enjoy drug and endless strong drink : DIGESTIF

16-down – Innards initially tossed into bottles : VITALS

17-down – Seldom lean around a Republican : RARELY

19-down – Very upset as boat returns with 50’s youth : GUTTED

20-down – Parrot mauled another bird : RAPTOR

1-across – Seabirds and golfer harassed former WI captain : GARFIELDSOBERS

8-across – Should mean the end of most of the dry season : OUGHT

9-across – Man-eater with writer in cut : CANNIBAL

11-across – Kitchen unfinished on 1588 vessel : GALLEON

12-across – Cut short a game with partners from all quarters : ABRIDGE

13-across – Oil hostilities cut short by mufti’s decree : FATWA

15-across – Chess move,by the way : ENPASSANT

17-across – Contrite traveller coming in,dropping a bit of rubbish : REPENTANT

20-across – Scrap of shelter after half-time : MELEE

21-across – Broke right away,left high and dry : BEACHED

23-across – Short debut in top league : PREMIER

25-across – Metal pot cooked state tree : PALMETTO

26-across – Children: a bone of contention : ISSUE

27-across – Fruit from Romanian garden : MANDARINORANGE

1-down – <span>Prince with class next to </span><i>Lamp-post </i><span>singer</span> : GEORGEFORMBY

2-down – Drink up at the King’s : REGAL

3-down – Sailing Spanish waters,generally : INTHEMAIN

4-down – Freedom that’s tolerated – or excess : LICENCE

5-down – Tanner wastes Palm Sunday taking 24 hours off : SUNLAMP

6-down – Pipe valley running through Britain : BRIAR

7-down – Author making way round lake with boy turning up holding hands,at first : ROALDDAHL

10-down – It doesn’t come as much of a blow : GENTLEBREEZE

14-down – Best of the bunch? : TOPBANANA

16-down – He may recommend Veuve Cliquot at river to one in ambush? : SOMMELIER

18-down – Accountant with car on hilltop : AUDITOR

19-down – Whirlwind Frank? : TYPHOON

22-down – Damp smell I detect at first : HUMID

24-down – Dramatist featured in Swinburne’s biography,on reflection : IBSEN