Straightforward and fair – ? over 26 across
Across
1 STICK INSECTS (bugs) what flypaper does
10 OUTRAGE (offend) OUT (not in) RAGE (anger)
11 RISOTTO (Italian dish) SIR< (teacher returns) OTT (excessive) O (love)
12 LURES (draws) first letters of Line Under Royal Edicts Showing
13 EPIDURAL (anaesthetic) (DUE APRIL)*
15 RED-BLOODED (macho) RED (embarrassed) BLOODED (initiated)
16 JEAN (girl) E (energy) in (JAN)
18 OMEN (sign) O (nothing) MEN (workforce)
20 PINA COLADA (drink) PIN (fix) A CO (company) LAD (youth) A
22 SWITCH ON (activate) WITCH (spellmaker) in SON (boy)
24 EXTOL (praise) EX (former partner) LOT< (fate turning)
26 ENCRYPT (put in code)
27 UTTERLY (without qualification) (TURTLE)* [b]Y
28 DOUBLE-DECKER (sandwich & bus)
Down
2 TUTORED (taught) (ROUTE)* in T[ailwin]D
3 COARSELY (rudely) CO (firm) ARSE (behind) L[ooking] Y[es]
4 ICED (cake maybe) (made cold)
5 SCRAP METAL (reclaimed material) (ARC LAMP SET)*
6 CASED (examined) CASE (lawsuit) D[ocuments]
7 SET FREE (liberated) SET (television) FREE (no cost)
8 ROLLER COASTER (fairground ride) ROLLER (wave) COASTER (ship)
9 BOWLING ALLEYS (sports venues) BOWL (dish) IN GALLEYS (kitchens)
14 HORIZONTAL dd
17 DOMESTIC (of home) DOMES (heads) TIC (nervous symptom)
19 EVINCED (showed) (VENICE)* D (died)
21 ASTARTE (goddess) A START [marin]E
23 COYPU (SA creature) COY (shy) P[o]U[t]
25 QUAD (bike) one of four
( )* = anagram [ ] = omit < = reverse dd = double definition
Thanks to both
26 I read as inside of went = wENt CRYPT = vault
Nice one – enjoyed it. Not too hard and a few big easy ones to get started 🙂
The easiest puzzle today – and that is not a complaint, more a sigh of relief. Very enjoyable Thanks to Orense and Jed too