CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 11
by Medusa

Across

Grasp pedal (6)
Downhearted without catalogue (8)
Eye problem makes water fall? (8)
10 Government medical plan... (6)
11 ...free in Commons? (2,3,5)
12 Record at the finishing line (4)
13 Card game played by Bunthorne's bride (8)
16 Journey surfeit for camera support (6)
17 Hesitate to change after the 1st of Feb (6)
19 GI peered dizzily at line of descent (8)
21 Musical to keep under your hat? (4)
22 Gossip with Mrs Sprat, perhaps? (4,3,3)
25 Stress could be grave (6)
26 A fly-by-night returns to revel in a scene of slaughter (8)
27 A stirring call for military personnel (8)
28 Bird disease (6)

Down

Get to know King's name (5)
Instruct pirate (5)
Warm up chicken for non-believer (7)
Permit us to say 'cos, for example (7)
Present awful crawler (7)
Flash seen when becoming day out east (9)
Signalling system found heaps more adaptable (9)
14 Bad snowfall for the skier, perhaps (9)
15 Needier caught new fashion to mediate (9)
18 Narration using indefinite article (7)
19 Umpire enters with due deference to make an introduction (7)
20 Divert from European publication (7)
23 Go in for book-keeping? (5)
24 Unfortunately I get in under another name (5)


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