Cryptic Clues

ACROSS
1 This poet is exposed in Catholic power struggle (6)
5 Postpone work on a light aircraft prior to delivery (8)
9 Trust foremost of directors to record odd piece in French church (10)
10 Managed Dutch money (4)
11 Poetry about love by north eastern artist (8)
12 What many older women long for is trifle first then a young man (3,3)
13 Tree found in a place in Colorado (5)
15 Tampered with fifes laid all around (9)
18 Just before the present exam on English musical composition (9)
19 Wordsworth’s earliest poem to northern god (5)
21 Some forebode monsters and evil spirits (6)
23 Devious hustlers without remorse (8)
25 At home after noon with a girl (4)
26 Peg gets extremely rich with this kitchen utensil (7-3)
27 Lied abominably to vicar about young Ball (8)
28 Set a high value on England’s team by the sound of it (6)


DOWN
2 Old bumble bees become very fat (5)
3 Very powerful drug taken by confused rep about ten (10)
4 Get back for free (6)
5 Clearly no mortal arranged this race (5,5,5)
6 A written composition by Tacitus, primarily about a building site (8)
7 Crazy British soldiers (5)
8 Look after capital tourist attraction (6,3)
14 Do without American magazine ‘Leisure’ (5,4)
16 Shows up on stage? (9)
17 Positive over substitute jam (8)
20 Cancel an attack (6)
22 All right before dad turned up with an animal (5)
24 At first some success with food additive for pigs (5)