| Clues across |
| 1 | Elaborate trimmings (hear the rustle!) seen as four times two? Not quite (4-4) |
| 6 | Ashore, maybe, with a sore throat? (6) |
| 9 | Unfortunately, I dust nothing in the atelier (6) |
| 10 | Fancied the wise men grabbed by Enid, upset (8) |
| 11 | Doctor retains the old colourist (4) |
| 12 | Vessel making fights trendy (10) |
| 13 | Boss and speed controller (8) |
| 16 | Plant with pungent smell is object of quest, chopped up before cooking commences (6) |
| 18 | Rushed, the Commander-in-Chief goes wild (6) |
| 19 | Located dust I ate in error (8) |
| 20 | French film comedian appears in vision – someone important paying a call (10) |
| 23 | Open mouth wide for fruit? Not right! (4) |
| 25 | Coming in, disturbed teen on phone (8) |
| 26 | Bushy head of hair swept back on the Spanish glossy coat (6) |
| 27 | Gold or silver, for example, sounds like spirit (6) |
| 28 | Giving up, lie dying, perhaps (8) |
