Crossword

Across:

8. Vaiety of eating apple (6)

9. Trance-inducing (8)

10. Ancient Peruvian civilisation (4)

11. Establishment of a home or business in another place (10)

12. Personal view (10)

14. Fairground or theme park attraction (4)

15. Common stag (3, 4)

17. Colossal (7)

19. Easily duped person (4)

21. Period of military service (4, 2, 4)

24. Privileged seclusion (5, 5)

26. Kentish kiln (4)

27. Silver-screen celebrity (4, 4)

28. Water nymphs (6)

Down:

1. Short character sketch (8)

2. Ligament wrench (6)

3. Use of an agent provocateur (10)

4. Hot-tasting pod (6)

5. Heroic narrative (4)

6. Carried by mail gratis (4-4)

7. Form of address to an aristocratic gentleman (6)

13. Jingly musical instrument (10)

16. Period of stagnation or recession (8)

18. Agricultural non-use system (3-5)

20. Publicly reveal (6)

22. Insufficiently attentive (6)

23. Poisonous compound (6)

25. Turf betting system (4)

Key:

Across: 8. pippin; 9. hypnotic; 10. inca; 11. relocation; 12. standpoint; 14. ride; 15. reddeer; 17. immense; 19. gull; 21. tourofduty; 24. ivorytower; 26. oast; 27. filmstar; 28. naiads

Down: 1. vignette; 2. sprain; 3. entrapment; 4. chilli; 5. epic; 6. postfree; 7. milord; 13. tambourine; 16. dolorums; 18. setaside; 20. unveil; 22. unwary; 23. dioxin; 25. tote