Across
1
Unit heard brief alarm not long after St Andrew's Day? (7)
5
Put under wraps say for cardinal (7)
9
Ready to drop, dropping guts? (3,2)
10
Sewn to the buckles — that might sharpen things up (9)
11
Some bread and cream? (5,5)
12
Fracture that's the same! (4)
14
Poser: one put on underwear, nearest pants (5-6)
18
Fancy quality seen in 21,4,5 down (11)
22
Bottom pinched by old backing group, bacchanalian lot (10)
26
Internal part embodied by 15, 9, 6, 5 down (5,9)
27
A murder most foul — there's a hammer behind it (7)
28
Home Office credo perverse — right to vote, perhaps? (7,2,6)
Down
2
A margin crossed by companion's ruler (6)
3
One going for apple pockets rank bananas for a nicker (4,6)
4
Cow nearer bottom of hill? (5)
5
Fundamentally, skill lacking at first, one missing in particular? (2,7)
8
Again sell story about old flame (2-6)
13
Matter found under bottom of cups in period of over a month — glasses cleaner? (4,6)
15
Brutishness is around country defended by broken man (9)
17
Researcher investing £2 in ad (8)
19
Carrot artist served up (6)
20
Shelter unknown number in a favela (6)
23
Two females have bound a bundle (5)
24
Plucking out odd bits, it is hairy for Nicholas, say? (4)