Across
6 Agreeable substance (7)
7 Excessive interest in American city of yore, close to Albany (5)
9 Laggards endlessly succeed (4)
10 Check bio in thin reprint (10)
11 Comic about a cleric (8)
13 Fat, large cask of ale kept in bar (6)
15 Bird that’s an ingredient in Teriyaki wings (4)
17 Stupidly tries to take tests again (5)
18 Constant function has no dependency on time (4)
19 Father figure not on the dailies (6)
20 Overwhelm sister with fruit, after lunchtime (8)
23 After clamour at home, spouse’s place to eat (6,4)
26 Dry starters from a restaurant in Delhi (4)
27 Duck devoured by some wild deer (5)
28 Doubt the strong point described by a school of thought (7)
Down
1 English fan hoping all plays end in overtime (10)
2 Yes, this, when infected, leads to eye strain (6)
3 Erode fellow leaves to get stuff (4)
4 Polish model knocked over in fire explosion (8)
5 Dog abandoned a chase (4)
6 Credit crunch has led to a collapse (5)
8 …and you went around English city (7)
12 Die sinking when turning up to protect second generation American (5)
14 Study the onset of wilt in potato, but make no progress (5,5)
16 Poetic movement essentially aims to captivate the wise men (7)
17 Extended a contract and gave up one’s position (8)
21 Expose new mother and son entering a European country (6)
22 Shame American isn’t on time! (5)
24 Strong resistance seen in charged particle (4)
25 Nothing to put into service on the English river (4)



