Complete Clue List
Across
1. [I] Warm. [II] Friendly. [III] Good-natured
5. [I] Undermine. [II] Incapacitate. [III] Disable
9. [I] Swamped. [II] Overwhelmed. [III] Flooded
10. [I] Suspect's story. [II] Excuse. [III] Latin for "elsewhere"
11. [I] Maths course. [II] Subject with many variables to consider. [III] Search for the unknown?
12. [I] Imposing building. [II] Structure. [III] Skyscraper
13. [I] "So what?" shoulder gesture. [II] Unspoken "I dunno." [III] Indifference indicator
15. [I] Stormy. [II] Severe. [III] Shivery
17. [I] Blind. [II] Unseeing. [III] Like some bats
19. [I] Musical melodrama. [II] Puccini production. [III] Wagner work
21. [I] Inventory. [II] List. [III] Arrange. (All: UK spelling)
23. [I] Like a painful toenail. [II] Like some hairs. [III] Inherent
25. [I] Equip anew. [II] Modernise a ship. [III] Tailoring job
26. [I] Balance. [II] Constancy. [III] Steadiness
27. [I] Steals. [II] Misappropriates. [III] Cheats
28. [I] Intellectual. [II] Academic. [III] Highbrow
Down
1. [I] Fauna. [II] Safari sights. [III] "House of the Rising Sun" band
2. [I] Hurled. [II] Heaved. [III] Huffed
3. [I] Corpse carrier. [II] Personnel pouch. [III] "CSI" certainty (All: 4,3)
4. [I] Deport. [II] Surrender. [III] Hand over to another jurisdiction, as a prisoner
5. [I] Mooch. [II] Sponge. [III] Scrounge
6. [I] Dream up. [II] Picture. [III] Lennon classic
7. [I] Special benefit. [II] Honour. [III] Perk
8. [I] Clear. [II] Obvious. [III] Unmistakable
14. [I] Apologetic. [II] Disconsolate. [III] Disappointed
16. [I] Criticise severely. [II] Chastise. [III] Crack down on
17. [I] Mounting aid. [II] Bone of the middle ear. [III] Equestrian foothold
18. [I] Scottish symbol. [II] Prickly plant. [III] Barb
19. [I] In progress. [II] Continuous. [III] Not yet concluded
20. [I] Ticked off. [II] Hardly happy. [III] Exasperated
22. [I] Lets up. [II] Relieves. [III] Relaxes
24. [I] Oil source. [II] Popeye's girl. [III] Tapenade ingredient