Times Cryptic #27292

2019-03-07

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Across

1a

Indication of virtue by low-down element (7)

5a

Researcher's not genuine, back on the job (7)

9a

Test comprehended by unusual three or six-footer (9)

10a

Such languages one caught by Hungary regularly (5)

11a

Do lie in chat (13)

13a

The French knight admitted to relative indulgence (8)

15a

Improvise in gin rummy, cutting card (4,2)

17a

Swan around with man and wife's kinsman (6)

19a

Speaking drunkenly, neglect religious ceremony in confusion (8)

22a

One acquiring conviction friend's effort is wasted (5,8)

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25a

Is it a tobogganist's arm? (5)

26a

After forging, had US cent checked (9)

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27a

Do some shoppingallowed underwear (7)

28a

Soldier to spoil works (7)

Down

1d

Chemist offering heroin, a case of it (4)

2d

Back in jail, prisoner no longer accepting one's set of terms (7)

3d

Kid endlessly on his Nintendo? (5)

4d

Flier's eccentric garment with skin of cheetah (8)

5d

Dog turning up, sure to be barking (6)

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6d

Queen's in bed, somewhat likely to feel sick (9)

7d

Favourite line put in bold (7)

8d

Firms head without assurance for fair competition (7,3)

12d

Blocks view of churchgoers hidden by screens (10)

14d

Shocks in the Spanish exam in kind of US college (9)

16d

Got rid of current measure for gas (8)

18d

Model's head in painting by surrealist (7)

20d

Means of transport, or pretentiousness with it (7)

21d

Balance is wrong on TV (6)

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23d

Correct and right fare from Turkey (5)

24d

Passage from "Clemenza di Tito" (4)

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