Across
1 Old friend involved in deadlock (9) STALE MATE
6 Not an outstanding occupational protest (3,2) SIT IN
9 Delicate ornamental fabric made to scale (5) LACES*
10 Offering Her Majesty an MC (9) PRESENT ER
11 With which a ship avoids rocks at sea (10) STABILISER
12 A play by Shakespeare, she concludes (4) (-MAC)BETH
14 Silver in pods found in temples (7) P(AG)ODAS
15 Ran on time to sit in a conveyance across a distance (7) T RAN SIT
17 Logs fee generated for having sung to notes of the scale (7) SOFLEGE*
19 Part of gun used by one attempting to capture a horse (7) TRIGGER
20 I get embraced by the woman’s successor (4) HE(I)R
22 Have a lower opinion of, anyway (10) REGARD LESS
25 Firm offering place with all speed (9) STEAD FAST
26 Appeal to a poor player over in Nebraska (5) OMAHA
27 Set up before going to Connecticut (5) ERE CT
28 Bond, given in welcome, set about the guys! (9) A GREE(MEN)T
Down
1 Offer on board ship, alcoholic drink at reduced prices (5) S(ALE)S
2 Russian port for a godly servant (9) ARCHANGEL
3 Where Sadie Stein comes from (4,6) EAST INDIES*
4 Offers oneself as candidate (7) APPLIES
5 Men on square get around General to explain the first principle (7) ELE MEN T
6 Stock check? (4) STEM
7 It maybe the tenth part of stock taken as tax (5) TI THE
8 Polaris calls for colonel Ollie’s seaman (5,4) NORTH STAR
13 A reviver, or tot, would be (10) PALINDROME
14 Quickly get past those dithering (9) POSTHASTE*
16 Set apart for Easter egg making (9) SEGREGATE*
18 Tea made to correct unhealthy mass of swollen tissues (7) EDEMATA*
19 Fields, or what may be used to cultivate them (7) TRACT OR
21 You may find her when in dire need (5) IRENE
23 Seem surprised, to begin with (5) START
24 Tied up to prepare text for publication (4) EDIT*
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