Complete Clue List
Across
1. Cranks: Rifle (7)
5. Slices: Weed whackers (7)
9. Kishka: Uniform material (5)
10. Hovering: From dark to dawn (9)
11. Nicotine: In a precarious situation (2,4,3)
12. Lianas: Hawaiian island west of Maui (5)
13. Finals: Doesn't pass (5)
15. Ill pagan: Horrifying (9)
18. Drag coolly: Canine connection (3,6)
19. Rite: Social group (5)
21. Rakish: Predatory type (5)
23. Inundating: Highly offended (9)
25. Spouting: Showing off (9)
26. Idea: "Farewell, mon ami" (5)
27. Egesting: Kitty (4,3)
28. Declines: Refusal to speak (7)
Down
1. For faker: Bribe, cut (4-3)
2. Heartening: Narrow escape (4,5)
3. Bail: Out of sorts? (5)
4. Walk into: Would be expert (4-2-3)
5. Seen: Part of an act (5)
6. Castle Lind: Romantically illuminated (9)
7. No-go: Provide a password (3,2)
8. Signet: Ring's jewel mounting (7)
14. Cow buckets: Bouillon block (5,4)
16. Diagrams: Models (9)
17. Mitigation: Not the real thing (9)
18. Daunts: Bunny collector (7)
20. Dexter: Stick out (7)
22. Sassed: Fools (5)
23. Citing: It might read "Happy Birthday!" (5)
24. Angler: Twist into knots (5)