Across
1
Something in the garden for pet owl to chew (9)
6
Extremely plaintive, desperate appeal for money abroad (5)
9
Time for everyone to pass on their knowledge (5)
10
New to drink, run empire badly (2,7)
11
Notice love is a great bother (3)
12
Having nothing to face? (5-6)
14
Died after aerial battle: going to heaven? (7)
15
Two shortly become confused in silly talk (7)
16
Hotel room may have this ban on short skirt (7)
19
Showing arrogance, paid sportsman perhaps duly sacked (7)
22
Adds something against eulogies (11)
23
Tiny vegetable, and not a whole fruit (3)
24
Newly initiated into food authority (9)
26
A hard growth seen on oak (5)
27
PM meeting an indigenous American (5)
28
It may be close to the church, or a serious distance (9)
Down
1
Undeserving rich and their pampered pets? (3,4)
2
Eloquent preacher's year in church (7)
3
Nymph has bedroom that creates sound effects (4,7)
4
Could this suggest daughter only nine? Imagine! (7)
5
Best, perhaps, granny's hairpiece (7)
6
Foreign character turns up in Paris park (3)
7
Put off seeing how library books are displayed? (7)
8
Unusual way to the mountains (7)
13
S for Sovereign (4,2,5)
16
Scotsman, the first person that's regularly driven over (7)
17
Arsenal supporter heading off into New York women's house (7)
18
Something done on the brass perhaps, causing some friction (7)
19
Perhaps dog at college a bloomer (7)
20
Certificate Foreign Office employee doesn't complete (7)
21
Told a tale about drug being craved (7)
25
Man a terrible tsar? Not very (3)