Fire & Knives puzzle #3
Crucifer
Reveal Letter
Across
  •  1  Extra short and tidy, generally (2,3,5)

  •  6  Speed-eating American shows willing (4)

  • 10 Ancestors cooked here (3,6)

  • 11 Spirit added to my 6 (5)

  • 12 Singer's crime, taking penultimate Rolo back to little boy (7)

  • 13 From the very beginning Richard Olney's introduction of viola transformed traditionally savoury morsel (7)

  • 14 First to spot rain damage in very soft vegetable (7)

  • 16 Control soft drink in India said to have a nasty smell (7)

  • 17 Athenian's second oddly chosen teacup (3)

  • 18 Valley girl drinks large cup (7)

  • 20 Coalition leaders in Britain ignore pan-European agreement restricting Turkish yoghurt (7)

  • 22 Salvage miracle brew (7)

  • 23 Rolls, perhaps, ruined meal for sweetheart (7)

  • 25/27 Axeman's twin stopped short, demanding to eat dinner first (5,4)

  • 26 Heavyweight musical style (9)

  • 27 See 25

  • 28 One check in 18, perhaps, found in 26? (10)

  • Down
  •  1  Cook often does this. Something to pass on (5)

  •  2  Dissolve skin of avocado pear resembling doughnut (7)

  •  3  At least four birds skimming 6 (5,3,6)

  •  4  An ear for something with potential (5)

  •  5  Wrongly identified as a "grub" spot? (9)

  •  7  Morel a hunter initially unearthed near pit (7)

  •  8  Making refreshing change from restaurant? Quite the opposite (9)

  •  9  Questionable 6 in which some compete for cheese (7,7)

  • 14 6 is not completely smooth (9)

  • 15 I leave "martini gap" about 6 (9)

  • 19 Apple developer put faith in Jobs's second firm (7)

  • 21 Family supports addition of butter to bottom of pie dish... (7)

  • 23 ...dish that is chopped first (5)

  • 24 Root for unfancied debutant in large field (5)

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