Complete Clue List
Across
1. Command
4. Cloth, often woollen, with chequered design
7. Long, snake-like fish
8. Lowest deck of a ship with several decks
9. Claim of being elsewhere when a crime was committed
10. Substance secreted by some insects and used to make varnish etc
11. Little, simple song
14. Uplift, make happy
17. Bring
20. Platform on which actors perform
23. Age
24. Circular
25. Instil
26. Firearm
27. One tenth of income traditionally given to a church
28. Stealing
Down
1. Egg-shaped
2. Type of Dutch earthenware, usually blue and white
3. Answer
4. Put in a particular spot
5. Breed of Japanese dog
6. Control and steer a vehicle
12. Anger
13. Involuntary twitch
15. Allow
16. Pull
17. Earliest, foremost
18. Belief someone can be relied on
19. Boundary of bushes around something
20. A holy person
21. Walk slowly
22. Throw out, often with force