CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Feeling of contempt as princess catches Aids frolicking with knight (7)
5 Give birth to it after parking in an animal enclosure (4,3)
9 Handicraft class originally run at old church near the centre of Exeter (7)
10 A boy takes a solitary shellfish (7)
11 Star model sacked by great painter (3,6)
12 Stealing from the fellow at the beginning (5)
13 Girl put on new one (5)
15 Out of form rugby player is not quite in the middle (3-6)
17 It adds to one's stature as a despicable person in the Caribbean (5,4)
19 Drunkard to exercise with Rex (5)
22 Make amends when volunteers return on the 4th of June (5)
23 Stan sketched near Sweden's capital city (2,7)
25 Identical article on South America by me (3,4)
26 Foreign RU team pursues Australia's top unpaid player (7)
27 Did Del upset rector and cheat? (7)
28 Scene of action that involves English soldiers (7)
DOWN
1 Agreed with notice put up by County Council before opening road (7)
2 A mountain of cocaine found on lecturer (7)
3 Unhappy Ralph not long with a woman (5)
4 No time getting in or out (3,2,4)
5 Former Prime Minister of Belgium goes by rail surprisingly (5)
6 A standard tent holds many and it could be lived in (9)
7 Express disapproval of professional on trial (7)
8 Ill composed letters from a supporter (7)
14 Film shows everybody following girl to hospital (5,4)
16 What things do for Achebe in autumn separately (4,5)
17 Talked informally about headgear to Ted (7)
18 Volume control? (4-3)
20 Give now (7)
21 Doubt attached to a statement in book (7)
23 Very thin cut so it is said (5)
24 Duck died on slope (5)
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