Across
1 Perform in the same rhythm – preserve U.S. magazine (4,4) KEEP TIME
5 Let go saint moving inner and made an analysis (6)PARSED
9 Old account in a terrible soup? Hard to understand (7) OPACOUS
10 Ape south Indian fellow in backward state (7) SIAMANG
11 Colour as doctor’s slow to begin with and inexperienced (4,5) MOSS GREEN
12 Beautiful woman comes on hearing ring (5) BELLE
13 Unthinking, EC leaves search out (4)RASH
14 Newspapers not doing well. Apply force (5,4) PRESS DOWN
17 Chauffeur Peter’s tip to reach the destination (5,4) DRIVE SAFE
19 Imitate character in old gambling game (4) ECHO
23 Homo sapiens’s admission is capital (5) AMMAN
24 Arctic end of the earth (5,4) NORTH POLE
25 Lax since going into one’s reserve (7)
26 Scales of one country in another (7)
27 Suspend dead tribal (6)
28 What a knife must have to its clear advantage (4-4)
Down
1 King at present touring Rome to get to learn better (4,4) KNOW MORE
2 Passes English with shortcomings (7) ELAPSES
3 Hard getting around royal depression (6) TROUGH
4 Wrongly tells about premier’s nests (13) MISREPRESENTS
6 A barrier on the resting place to peruse final book (4,4)
7 Bear hardship with bird (7)
8 Sword with irregular edges exchanged (6)
10 Fires AP’s goons having botched up anthems (5,2,6) SONGS OF PRAISE
15 On which life is full of composure (4,4)
16 Play in which there’s romance – or nothing! (4,4) LOVE GAME
18 Artist and politician bring leader back to plant (7)
20 How fingers are kept, hopefully (7) CROSSED
21 A drive that goes haywire is altered (6)
22 Film article held by university fellow (3,3) THE DON