Crossword No 14 (second series)

           
           
10        11                   
             
12                    13       
       
14  15      16            17       
             
18                    19       
       
20      21  22        23        24   
             
25                    26       
             
27              28             

Clues across
1Bond, say, could be reputedly always happy (7)
5Game insect (7)
10Powder to sprinkle on lion, perhaps, returning to devour first of lambs (4)
11Alter a mascot for heraldic device (4,2,4)
12Squire hears also-ran holding run-throughs (10)
13Smack insect flying back (4)
14Is twice in the river (4)
16Spa has route leading to unknown water treatment (10)
18Want employment to retain the French? This project will need sewers (10)
19Perch from central Europe (4)
20God is represented by wildfowl with no place for odd characters (4)
22A nasty moment ere this spins in the wind (10)
25Run off with one friend? It’s within the law (10)
26New-look cast does this on stage (4)
27It may be running over the rails or lying under them (7)
28Milliners making threats? (7)
Clues down
2Stone a number attending the game (5)
3Ironed – shrunk? (9)
4Happen to put small volume of liquid in our . . . (5)
6. . . rhizome, upsetting stork and coot (9)
7Service landing in court shows skill (5)
8Space-men come to grinding halt, discovering source of cheese (9)
9Totter? Banged a Norman – sent tottering (3-3-4-3)
15Rush seen before spring – a wild flower (9)
16I hate meat, minced, when it’s blood-red like this (9)
17Vehicle carrying fruit, often said to be upset (9)
21Port turns up in the French river (5)
23A precious stone – nothing more – turned over by Greek character (5)
24Steer awkwardly into compound (5)

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