Across
1 Decrepit elders recite ‘Cheese!’ (3,9)
10 Inaccuracy with ‘vertical’ crossword clue – get ‘horizontal’ (3,4)
11 Corrupt cartel gets around Europe with flattery (7)
12 Chosen few among Pre-Raphaelites (5)
13 In their oddly endless hollow time (8)
15 ‘Gone out to lunch’: register describes one; that’s open to question (10)
16 ‘Cultivated’ Greece? That’s disgusting! (4)
18 Feature of posh garden that I find amusing (2-2)
20 Disagreeable novel, Blue Vienna (10)
22 Fiendish rogue’s done for (8)
24 Online annoyance rambles endlessly (5)
26 Revue’s act reformed, covering up nude (7)
27 ‘Atonement’ writer McEwan regularly lost, confused (7)
28 Air essentially unchanged for centuries!? Environmental group reportedly splits (12)
Down
2 Levelling the score late in the day (7)
3 Was dependent on throne? King Edward finally wasn’t so (6,2)
4 Scandinavians barring French in hostelries (4)
5 ‘Capturing in sneaky net’: fishing (10)
6 Overheard: those people are in that place (5)
7 Bible class to screen rally (7)
8 Furious with unethical beef production (4,2,3,4)
9 Cry ‘that hurt!’, with beer gut prone to wobbling (6-7)
14 Pelted by storms, Aintree ban racing (4-6)
17 Reserve is tackling in front with ball gaining possession (8)
19 Thatcher was associated with one worker getting sack (7)
21 Disciplined youngster with fattening food (7)
23 Offer up nonsense verse (5)
25 Episcopalian’s concealed precious jewel (4)
Published - June 29, 2019 04:08 pm IST
