Complete Clue List
Across
1. Smack in a way, embracing blanket (8)
6. A very US action to inspect (6)
9. A friendly chat takes the biscuit! (6)
10. Cissy met irregular symptoms when the problem affected her entire body (8)
11. The head of music strangely led in canasta play (4)
12. Wickedness from malformed mild endive (4-6)
14. Fast-paced lunatic lamb sang (4-4)
16. Gesture initially brings everybody cheerful kindness (4)
18. Palm sounds like someone was asked to start a race (4)
19. Musical selection I'll spy at medley (8)
21. Blearily it shattered generosity (10)
22. "Never average!" reveals enthusiasm for all-night party (4)
24. In African city, Tory leader (I'm a follower) gets United Kingdom shirt mid-January (8)
26. A strange reptile remains after newts leave Switzerland (6)
27. Shanks' pony for rugby football insider (2,4)
28. Pelt after cervid? Somebody's hide needs tanning (8)
Down
2. Strip from absorptive leading to a higher place (5)
3. Lousy mocking demo of the hereafter (7,4)
4. Melon ban unsettling peer (8)
5. Detergent recommended by manicurists? (7-2,6)
6. Seem as contrived, with this opener (6)
7. Cereal, reportedly bent (3)
8. Urgent crises arising from former international leader with information church directs (9)
13. Berlioz pens fragments for Alfred's awards (5,6)
15. The lily bait I redesigned was not an asset (9)
17. Unbelievably loses bile roundabout sad sailor, darkly coloured (4,4)
20. Alien joining wolves provides block of data (6)
23. Composer involved in drunken drive (5)
25. Dude calls on short sibling (3)