ACROSS 1 Like ‘Danny Boy’ (dated that is) (5) 4 Warmed stylograph
tip and used inks in an unconventional fashion (3-6) 9 Octet pens composition for Whitsunday (9) 10 Dream I share (5) 11 Complacent character is persuaded (4-9) 14
Anxious race to gather gold (4) 15 Opposite, like north and south? (5,5) 18 Sweet,
presently unknown female to remain outside (10) 19 Partial match (4) 21 Be tempted
– and risk getting hooked (4,2,3,4) 24 Spooner’s become fed up? The solution is to relax! (3,2) 25 I rant and rave about sequence of events (9) 27 Basic component the French sent
back (9) 28 Composer’s unhappy return involving this country (5)
DOWN 1 I spelt ‘yoop’ oddly, in a completely different way (10) 2 Study amongst
learned enthusiasts (3) 3 Nevertheless quits serving oriental starters (4,2) 4
Sprout feathers, and so disprove theory (5,4) 5 Set about following North American ass (5) 6
Showing hostility in claim I broadcast (8) 7 If you rush, it might snap! (5,6) 8
Inebriated old tenor’s a laughing stock (4) 12 You’ll need coins here – loads too! (11) 13 Cisterns removed by good man, showing precision (10) 16 Reallocate haphazardly
without a kind of register (9) 17 Horse? At sea? (8) 20 Aussie cricketer chap’s
said to be in debt (6) 22 Either way, it’s a conviction (5) 23 Novice with
an expression of surprise over triumph (4) 26 Breed dislike regularly (3)
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