Across
8
Steep area – mind out! (8)
9
Liverpudlian exporting cocaine is 8 (5)
10
Selection of soya beans on counter in marketplace (4)
11
Grass in English garden mown regularly in well-to-do area (10)
12
Cold case for Detective Columbo finale is foolishness (6)
14
Ford maybe failing to start in pursuit of German troops (8)
16
Husband consumed by wrong ends in here? (7)
18
Great blokes in semi-rough (7)
21
Animated studio producer’s about to cover Virginia Plain (8)
23
West Indies importing revolutionary fish paste (6)
24
Job in the chippie changes sides to make national dish of 1 (6,4)
26
Cool retro case for AirPods (4)
27
Dawn French for one tucked into drink (5)
28
Stomach’s a problem after lamb korma occasionally (8)
Down
1
Country pub’s hosting bachelor party (8)
2
Open ChatGPT perhaps on track (4)
3
Artist relies on secrecy ultimately (6)
4
Adolescent graffiti drawing in evening on ecstasy (7)
5
White on the move with queen sacrificed (4)
6
He’s nursing poor appetite (10)
7
Study O-Level Sociology essentially from the beginning (2,4)
13
Case dismissed by one dressed in leather? (10)
15
Drink from unopened barrel (3)
17
Is that Bambi heading off for shelter? (3)
19
Cricketing legend Amiss sleeps it off (6,2)
20
Hassle travelling around India for Victorian women? (7)
22
Book is on time in the end (2,4)
23
TV doctor eating a very large fish (6)
25
Breaks wind quietly inside (4)
26
Serving of Navratilova lost shape (4)