ACROSS
1 Plain-spoken physicist ignoring one madman in laboratory (12) FRANKENSTEIN {FRANK}{E
10 Fancy car frequently encroaching where bus picks up passengers (4,3) SOFT TOP {S{OFT}TOP}
11 Fruit, overwhelming touching gifts (7) DONATES {D{ON}ATES}
12 Muscat resident to retire shortly (2,1,2) IN A MO {OMANI}<=
13 Horribly mutilate? That's extreme (8) ULTIMATE*
15 Swimming around lagoons, she takes it easy (5,5) HANGS LOOSE*
16 Happy to see prime minister losing weight (4) GLAD GLAD
18 Furthermore sighted in Yugoslavia after revolution (4) ALSO [T<=]
20 Those turned out in Tudor guise? (4,6) TOUR GUIDES* &lit
22 Once again, insist phrase is rejected in paper (8) REAFFIRM {REA{RIFF<=}M}
24 Unless God did what Jesus did (5) SAVED {SAVE}{D}
26 Resident of Punjab (a state) (7) INDIANA {INDIAN}{A}
27 Councillor admitted getting bonked on the head (7) CROWNED {CR}{OWNED}
28 American artist trained in the stencil (12) LICHTENSTEIN*
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2 'Stop!' Who stops play? What stops play? (7) REFRAIN {REF}{RAIN}
3 Lunatic to criticise vegetarian's choice (3,5) NUT ROAST {NUT}{ROAST}
4 Sexpot's revealing show (4) EXPO [T]
5 Having energetically lassoed, red and aching in the rear (6-4) SADDLE-SORE*
6 During night in Paris, almost gives way to tiredness (5) ENNUI {EN NUI
7 Following Nureyev's primacy, ballet dancing is an activity no longer associated solely with girls (7) NETBALL {N
8 Sound of garish Sinatra medley (2,5,2,4) AS RIGHT AS RAIN*
9 Much sicker than a parrot? (2,4,2,1,4) AS DEAD AS A DODO [CD]
14 Black, for example: speedy, but now unlikely to run (6-4) COLOUR-FAST {COLOUR}{FAST}
17 Interrupted instruction to army barber (3,5) CUT SHORT [DD]
19 Shocking thing: in cold, wearing open-toed footwear (7) SCANDAL {S{C}ANDAL}
21 Michelangelo's work incomplete essentially, fancied his rival (2,5) DA VINCI {DAVI
23 Monk hiding half the Swiss loot (5) FRANC FRANC
25 Glance negligently at and make a detailed copy of (4) SCAN [DD]
Reference List
God = D(Deus), Councillor = CR, Cold = C
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