Standard No. 5 — cryptic crossword

A standard puzzle: 30 clues on a 11×11 grid. Solve it online — check your answers as you go, ask for a hint, and read how each clue works once it is solved.

Across

1. Danger cooked up at the bash — an outdoor function (6,5)
7. Logan thrown forward (5)
10. Manor rebuilt for a citizen of old (5)
12. Steers me off course for half the academic year (8)
14. Quiet fool gets a ticket (4)
15. Light carriages, or engagements for a band (4)
17. A bit I broke was the shin bone (5)
18. Hose damaged? Get some footwear (4)
19. Spike a new complaint (4)
22. I'll argue wildly with the irregular soldier (8)
25. Wet weather, we hear, is the monarch's rule (5)
27. Drug and sulphur? Sour substances (5)
28. Revise disco arrangements to make new findings (11)

Down

1. Good king with a snake gives understanding (5)
2. Moors converted into quarters (5)
3. Layers' produce for starters of exotic Greek goat stew (4)
4. Most of the thick soup is unadulterated (4)
5. Space station turned on its edge (3)
6. Pulls for the Americans (5)
8. Whip taking in energy for the dog's lead (5)
9. Where the hen sits with what she leaves — savings (4,3)
11. Cargo in a mess, but grown without chemicals (7)
13. Time to be able to propose (5)
16. Cover in gold, we hear, for the craftsmen's association (5)
18. River penetrating the hut gives a scrap (5)
20. Bail arranged for one with an excuse (5)
21. Goes on about the shoemaker's models (5)
23. Leaders of United Nations take over — to, of old (4)
24. Courageous, losing his head at the party (4)
26. Some fruit salad belonging to it (3)

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