ACROSS1 Climate change affecting catalyst (8,5)
10 Royal Mint struggling to maintain status quo (9)
11 In the bag a mang
y lizard (5)
12 Boarding (7)
13 Man, Rex organising hold-up (7)
14 It may be visible coming from harbour (6)
16 Two names remain bamboozling his mind (5,3)
18 Net reduction sharply defined (5-3)
20 Associate with drinking companions (6)
23 Still having drink with doctor in charge (7)
24 Arranging Japanese flowers? (7)
26 Many take it easy on ridge (5)
27 It seemed to me Middle East should include half of this (9)
28 Current means of making someone late (13)
DOWN2 Shorebird went round mountain (5)
3 More substantive but of less interest to vegetarians (7)
4 Call in church to behave too humbly (6)
5 Banded appearance of rocks as a result of early development in German capital (8)
6 Spanish nobleman, character accepting South African currency (7)
7 Male youth, he has not quite made it (6,3)
8 Further opportunity to improve one's efforts (7,6)
9 Is she most attractive in the water? (7,6)
15Course perhaps, a little bit at a time (9)
17 Instrument producing mild cure (8)
19 Mechanical science incomplete (7)
21 Unpack but have nothing to write while away form home (4,3)
22 Dangerous act during nervous reaction caused by bookmaker's telegraphy! (3-3)
25 Involving a long English prefix (5)
Across: 1 Whacked, 5 Fidelio, 9 Detract, 10 Tranche, 11 Excelsior, 12 Senor, 13 Sleat, 15 Gyrfalcon, 18 Plaintiff, 18 Piton, 21 Omega, 22 Scripture, 24 Exactly, 26 Not half, 27 Epergne, 28 Ezekiel.
Down: 1 Widgets, 2 Autocue, 3 Kraal, 4 Do things in style, 5 Future reference, 6 DNA, 7 Laconic, 8 Overrun, 12 Swamp, 14 Tonga, 16 Protege, 17 Average, 19 Tsunami, 20 Needful, 23 Pathe, 25 Tug.
Across: 1 Physical jerks, 10 Omaha, 11 Window-tax, 12 Intrusive, 13 Theme, 14 Oblique, 16 Tourist, 18 Line-out, 20 Rosehip, 21 Zorro, 23 Inflation, 25 Rendition, 26 Kendo, 27 Mental cruelty.
Down: 2 Heart, 3 Status quo, 4 Cowhide, 5 Lenient, 6 E-boat, 7 Kittenish, 8 Monitor lizard, 9 Expert opinion, 15 Long-range, 17 Unshackle, 19 Trivial, 20 Refiner, 22 Odist, 24 Innit.
The full article contains 384 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
