The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
9 Person who cruelly teases guide behind the hill (9)
10 Concerned with first lady magistrate (5)
11 Embraced clue with three D's, cryptically (7)
12 Label inserted in grape plant for the wine's year (7)
13 Grandiose design established (9)
16 Times broadcast pieces of news (5)
17 Ironic language in church – yikes! (6-2-5)
20 One to distribute a model of perfection (5)
21 Penny felt bitter and showed it (9)
24 Forecast public relations order (7)
25 Making observation about hospital is of no value (7)
27 Wait to begin a tennis game (5)
28 Jumpers having a pocket in front (9)
DOWN
1 Chops up firm plaster (6)
2 Brought up a loaf, we hear (4)
3 Wizard of former lineage (6)
4 Dust kicked about in breeding farm (4)
5 Prudent management of French in territory (10)
6 Hold aloft a grain-based meal (8)
7 Vandalism, so look at me in depression (10)
8 Let out, or let out again (7)
14 Unwanted third party could be a fool (10)
15 Chimney cleaners accept gamble (10)
18 Swift traveller's to haul up organ (8)
19 Arrange little girl's stance (7)
22 Deviously catch bad parent (6)
23 Assimilate joke heard after I'd turned up (6)
25 North-east holds popular figure (4)
26 One Tory gets religious picture (4)
ACROSS
8 Niches (5)
9 Listless, faint (7)
10 Skilled craftsperson (7)
11 Splits, openings (5)
12 Worked out in a gym (9)
14 Inside info (3)
15 Political group led by Nicola Sturgeon (inits) (3)
16 Store of plasma (5,4)
19 Narrow shelf (5)
21 Imbiber (7)
23 Leftover item (7)
24 Famous Berkshire racecourse (5)
DOWN
1 Of a road, lacking a hard surface (6)
2 Keep suppressed (6,2)
3 Exploits (4)
4 Spark-producing stones (6)
5 Was unwelcome (8)
6 Tudor collar (4)
7 Hot (favourite) (4-2)
13 Mountain transport in a ski resort, eg (5-3)
14 Attempt to score in rugby (4,4)
15 Close, oppressive (6)
17 At work (of a policeman, eg) (2,4)
18 Japanese unarmed combat (6)
20 Fades (4)
22 ___ Turgenev, Russian novelist (4)