Cryptic 2023-03
By Darren Miller
Across
| 1 | Sticker had a piece of cloth or netting (5) |
| 4 | Short girl lodging in Moses’ compound (8) |
| 10 | Criminal said, “Shut up and hide!” (7) |
| 11 | Could be sadness that no one took me back without approval (7) |
| 12 | Creep was lurid when I’d become king (4) |
| 13 | TV program where minister dies without trial or debate initially (10) |
| 15 | That woman devours wild gator but it’s not enough (8) |
| 16 | Curse angrily at smokes (5) |
| 18 | Come back to bank installing piano (5) |
| 19 | Assemble near Sal’s stores (8) |
| 21 | Brew house’s cut of fees taken in (6,4) |
| 23 | An aura that indicates salt (4) |
| 25 | Ban on powdered amber and lead (7) |
| 26 | Staggering back, he avoids cut by a savage (7) |
| 27 | Geek-speak about girl leaving a memento (8) |
| 28 | Started navy, perhaps, capturing Germany (5) |
Down
| 1 | Thrill from time I caught Kay with the French (6) |
| 2 | Title of sniper who failed (9) |
| 3 | Requirement contributing to online education (4) |
| 5 | Fancy neon dime is back on loan, deceptively lacking depth (3-11) |
| 6 | Teenager’s welfare wrapped in a bouquet (10) |
| 7 | Primarily space cowboys in futuristic incidents! (3-2) |
| 8 | Evil purposes of holes in your head (7) |
| 9 | Do I walk on Al’s yard? It’s no big deal (3,2,1,3’1,4) |
| 14 | Grizzly bears biting head of ducks, not spring chickens (10) |
| 17 | Mutinous general is giving up (9) |
| 18 | Creek meanders around empty church? Look again (7) |
| 20 | Doormen juggling, dropping nothing of recent vintage (6) |
| 22 | Spooner claims bay has no more room, but it’s a myth (5) |
| 24 | Feeling nothing when you disarm bomb at last (4) |