No 12747, Friday 04 Oct 2019, Dr. X

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Across

    1. What a fisherman might do to get a percussion instrument? (8)
    5. Display cut over top of point (6)
    10. Inn and house leased on retirement (5)
    11. Secretary's back to go over main point before start of rehearsal (9)
    12. Concernment from venereal problem around college (9)
    13. Looks after saint about to embrace death (5)
    14. Jewelled crowns from India stolen by rogue around a square (6)
    15. Vain President abandoned course of action with anger (7)
    18. Issue about man pursuing model boiled over (7)
    20. Pastry in bowl contains a topping of nuts (6)
    22. A warning around river – no longer anchored (5)
    24. Want to capture leader of insurgents and confine for string of offences (5,4)
    25. Leave quickly and frantically seek lad taking daughter on date (9)
    26. Love to sleep around? Model is available (2,3)
    27. Craved and ended up consuming ecstasy (6)
    28. Basic construction of triangle (8)

Down

    1. Associate in firm, sexually attractive, concealing a little romp (6)
    2. Sycophant in plot to suppress a report (9)
    3. A liberal date beginning to tantalise with trendy thong – unable to think clearly (3,4,3,5)
    4. Blunder including son in assignments (7)
    6. What a postman might do to try to achieve more than seems possible? (4,3,8)
    7. Expert wearing an item of clothing (5)
    8. Worried stiff about idiot on ecstasy (8)
    9. Associate goes to collect long sheaths for shoelaces (6)
    16. New train set assembled without delay (9)
    17. One killing with impudence in a crime (8)
    19. Select detectives to probe mysterious assassination of President (6)
    20. Determined to preserve essence of ancient outdoor theatre (5-2)
    21. Vindictive prince trapped foreign correspondent (3,3)
    23. Old magistrate, reviewing incessantly, confines rogue at last (5)