Complete Clue List
Across
1. Savoury offering with a crust (4,3)
5. Arranged like paintings in progress (7)
9. One of the Canterbury pilgrims OR "Superman" actor Christopher (5)
10. More expensive version of a paperback book (9)
11. Delicate balance, possibly upset by a small change (5-4)
12. Honkers in a gaggle (5)
13. Ethiopian capital: Addis ____ (5)
15. Trees with very hard, heavy timber (9)
18. Most talkative (9)
19. Blue-headed lizard (5)
21. Free-for-all (5)
23. Waterproof (9)
25. IT LOATHES tricky astronomical instrument reflecting the sun's light in a fixed direction (anag., 9)
26. A nocturnal insectivorous bird (genus "Nyctibius") from tropical America (5)
27. Flower-shaped decoration (7)
28. Spanish chaperones (7)
Down
1. Former Finnish monetary unit, replaced by the euro in 2002 (pl., 7)
2. Bits and pieces of U.S. history (9)
3. "Pet" annoyance (5)
4. Shaken, HE RIPENED a drug used to treat asthma and hay fever (anag., 9)
5. Chill-inducing (5)
6. Shoshone guide and interpreter with the Lewis and Clark expedition (var., 9)
7. River embankment (5)
8. Not RETARDS, but fishes of the perch family (anag., 7)
14. Not more than (2,3,4)
16. Furnished with appropriate clothing or essential equipment (9)
17. Sumatran swinger (9)
18. Mothball ingredient (7)
20. They speak louder than words (7)
22. Takes it easy (5)
23. Start over at golf (5)
24. Home of the brave (var., 5)