Across
1 Partner of Orville declaring ‘I Wish I Could Fly’? (6,6)
10 Assess Plunkett’s opening in cricket, perhaps (7)
11 Dog in pen with tail tucked in (4,3)
12 Europe to show disapproval of amount of data needed for downloaded literature (1-4)
13 Thai starter not hot, embarrassed it’s quite exorbitant (8)
15 Big fight that no one needs a subscription to watch (4-3-3)
16 Heartlessly fire children’s entertainer (4)
18 Pinched by personal assistant, I’m sorry to say (4)
20 Everyone knows that duck and swans on east end of island disappeared (4,6)
22 Clever, introducing a computer to get rid of machinery (8)
24 Go rummaging with some wood elves (5)
26 Do you understand my joke about T Rex song? (3,2,2)
27 Leaves Lear’s daughter caught between two loves (7)
28 Water drained after scrubbing: what we teach children to do (4,3,5)
Down
2 Those elected ran as expected (2,5)
3 Two noises a donkey’s vet might hear and stop abruptly (5,3)
4 Legal papers delivered to luxurious establishment (4)
5 Linger awkwardly outside home of badger that’s moving (10)
6 Good to arrive at party sober (5)
7 Beef is better than fish (7)
8 Ritual consumption of foie gras pâtés (4,2,7)
9 Topless resort party restricted by the tense? Just so (5,2,3,3)
14 In report, very cursory examination of fake news (10)
17 Nightcap, perhaps, for acid user anticipating stash of drugs (8)
19 Judge reviewed trial, oddly ignored dangerous dog (7)
21 Dependent given latrine for movement (7)
23 Fish that’s engagingly technicolour, roaming aquaria primarily (5)
25 For Madeleine, good to go on date with secret agent (4)
Published - September 14, 2019 04:03 pm IST
