Across
1
Priest takes tablets in beer—it’s cold! (4)
4
She submits miserably to let opportunity pass by (4,3,3)
9
Seconds out! Nun is just about to display martial art (8)
10
Father with deity and a place to worship (6)
11
Being large, I primarily eat fruit to get in shape (4,4)
13
Wear shirt tucked in where hearing takes place (4)
15
Creature of the dark a bit confused under rolled-back turf (5,3)
16
Advises Sikh to hold back osculations (6)
18
Confusing maze starts to upset girl “caught in the middle” (as a figure of speech) (6)
19
Objects to display of former partner’s naked chin and private parts (8)
20
Send unwanted messages and charts back (4)
22
Engineer troops startled at first by impressive tome (8)
24
Craft planes with kit missing last piece (3,3)
26
Sign of good environmental standards confused local bee (3-5)
27
Crazy loco cat, biting head off halibut, starts to eat yellowfins like confectionary
28
Clear ice off small key (4)
Down
2
Drops no-good cereal (4)
3
Being happy soldiers, joking—one about replacing king (9)
4
Wrongly assembled robot harmed by computer component (11)
5
Spontaneous bubbling froth and soppy foam covering books (4,2,3,6)
6
Dancing without a partner to hold (3)
7
Starts to “écouter” and gleans the French for “bird” (5)
8
Slips when juggling seven turds (10)
12
Leave your mark and arrive in time for class? (4,7)
14
“Cool” a very good example, reportedly, for open expression (4,6)
17
Replacement teacher (or teaching assistant) leads seminar—starts with sums (9)
21
Bug swarming American house and garage, say (5)
23
Call centres in Dubai help hoteliers (4)
25
Naked girls—and not just on the internet! (1,1,1)
Excellent new crossword
