| Clues across |
| 1 | Express: “Nothing gripped in vice” (5) |
| 4 | Make most of a brick dropped in fat at start of evening (9) |
| 9 | State: “A wrong giro, for example, is rejected” (7) |
| 10 | A mother insect is unyielding (7) |
| 11 | Broken-down blue Fiat seen around university? It’s a pleasure to look at! (9) |
| 12 | Country where help returns to inn, mostly (5) |
| 13 | Breathing-space? No saint has one in outskirts of Rhyl! (7) |
| 15 | Quiet! Girl’s working in Irish airport (7) |
| 17 | Checked the depth of noise with newspaperman (7) |
| 20 | Shy ’tecs turn out cutters (7) |
| 22 | Church in a country (5) |
| 23 | A single motoring organisation, perhaps, provides relief from pain (9) |
| 25 | Mineral is smooth or encrusted, initially (4,3) |
| 26 | Levelling off at the end of the day? (7) |
| 27 | Doctors are held in French boxes in places laid waste by enemy action (9) |
| 28 | Greek character in the volunteers (5) |
