Cryptic crossword

Thursday's puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Striking hard, at one time, with the sound of a bell (7)

5 Spoiled one getting into holy matrimony (7)

9 A small US signboard or plate translated from English (7)

10 After a cook finished, intends to get some boilers (7)

11 Hope to have scope to settle on promises to pay (9)

12 Ridicules practice tests, like 26 across (5)

13 Worry over having second thoughts about German study (5)

15 Stuck with object one acquired from Will (9)

16 Get near trees cultivated by Asian (9)

18 Cut corners to go downhill in the Alps with politician (5)

21 Gets steamed up, to bother about setter being docked (5)

22 Transfers workers from one side to the other (5,4)

24 Infallible church right to have volunteers, in the end (7)

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26 Cuts off, without a little energy, may cause affronts (7)

27 Steals away grain to make the hard stuff (7)

28 Reluctant to defend press boss under surveillance (7)

DOWN

1 Manage to conserve the other half (7)

2 Is it hard to get into pastry mould without a cover? (7)

3 Casting, in turn, first time (5)

4 Chartering a song composed as church music (9,6)

5 Organises track and field, so sets the pace (5,3,7)

6 Took a fixed course through Beirut's alleyways (3)

7 I will request cancellation of standing order, left in secret (7)

8 Top drawer one's accustomed to, no longer in operation (7)

12 Customs may get additional sums, initially (5)

14 Prepare to work the land in uniform (5)

16 Forces influence society on property (7)

17 People of the far north had to turn artist into a fighter (7)

19 Patient set aside one new sound (7)

20 Studied country's centre of credit (7)

23 Henry follows after special forces to get a Russian boy (5)

25 A friend of the family from Lyon (3)

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