Across
1
It can energise a mobile horse (7)
5
Father figure’s load (7)
9
The French prepare something welcomed by car passenger? (7)
10
Cloth, weak type – angler’s bait? (7)
11
Postpone decision regarding what to do with a four-poster? (5,2,2)
12
Capital provided by a country’s leader – endless stuff (5)
13
Played by musician just starting out? (5)
15
Unacceptable extremes, not to be gone into (3,6)
17
Wedding collection of tense, naive painter (9)
19
Diver taking part in quelling rebellion (5)
22
Hardly a lead actor’s ‘bye’ (5)
23
Joker on table, showing boxing material (9)
25
Well, I messed up with gala (muscle pain) (7)
26
Planner who produces a graph? (7)
27
Dramatic character, Lear, tentatively put back (7)
28
One college involved in developing alder rootlet (7)
Down
1
Titanic individuals giving officer brief SOS: ‘crashed against tip of iceberg’ (7)
2
American nutmeg assortment – swell! (7)
4
A feature of Nero’s name, or son, ‘Dicky’ (5,4)
5
Splendid start to one’s education? (5,5)
6
Burying a work of art (9)
7
One leaves Chicago possibly around noon for pasta (7)
8
Female-chasers – most act abominably (7)
14
Byron’s laugh, thought to embody ‘offensive’ (9)
16
Entrance to front parlour’s molten mineral (9)
17
Article on a naval corps has a line which is uplifting (7)
18
Unreleased film clip issued by Nick (7)
20
Flexible sort of ice-covered shoe form (7)
21
Give support to ‘ack that came last? (7)
24
O, it might well be family gathering (5,5)