Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman

Friday’s puzzle...

ACROSS

1 America to supply crew for good government (13)

10 Father hiring “How to Be a Father” (9)

11 Content to roam a pleasant wood (5)

12 Accountant’s garment used to make one for clergy (7)

13 Let song be arranged for arduous effort in tennis (4,3)

14 A strong steady state (6)

16 Soup is no call for onion (8)

18 Dance etc I’m involved in is about classical style (8)

20 Balkan national receives elevation — excellent! (6)

23 Spoil earth no more (7)

24 Song about beast in Paradise (7)

26 French writer climbs tree (5)

27 Fruit with sharp taste taken to Ireland by English (9)

28 One stashing or distributing very economically (2,1,10)

DOWN

2 Assess team rates alternately for pies (5)

3 Beat access into oven (7)

4 Gets held up in dismal river, we hear (6)

5 Heavenly person in charge of a sweet plant (8)

6 Meals in recipe are highly original (7)

7 Four caught in no-win situation are not bothered (9)

8 Security police concerned with peculiar British stock holding (7,6)

9 Travel with second favourite to Ascot, for example, making doubly certain of success (4,3,6)

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15 Another member of the human race may don short hair (6,3)

17 Damagingly rob title of text (8)

19 Herd us sheep towards ancient Greek city (7)

21 Uncle Arthur reveals something obscure (7)

22 First part of Matins sung reflectively by great man? (6)

25 Condescend to talk like Hans Christian Andersen, perhaps (5)

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