PSALTERY makes another appearance in the crossword-verse this week, it's funny how that happens. Pretty fun all around.
Across
- 1
- Monickers have misspelt main necks (9)
NICKNAMES — anagram (misspelt) of MAIN NECKS - 6
- No. 1 Douglas Street (5)
FIRST — FIR (douglas) ST (street) - 9
- Split second drink of milk (5)
SHAKE — double def. - 10
- Randy, Col and Sue raved about her (9)
LECHEROUS — anagram (raved) of COL SUE around HER - 11
- Churn out corn and rewrite by instalments (2,6)
ON CREDIT — anagram (churn out) of CORN, EDIT (rewrite) - 12
- Cook books at the front and rear (6)
BRAISE — B (first letter of books) RAISE (rear) - 14
- Sporting rock in dog fish's shade (7,5)
CURLING STONE — CUR (dog) LING'S (fish's) TONE (shade) - 18
- Grandfathers' dreidel shot up the hit parade (3,2,3,4)
TOP OF THE POPS — cryptic def. - 21
- Three times as hot in second (6)
THRICE — TRICE (second) containing H (hot) - 22
- Put up internet address, including answer concerning one's stance (8)
POSTURAL — POST (put up) URL (internet address) containing A (answer) - 25
- Determined female British leader and Labour PM welcomed a vote (6-3)
BATTLE-AXE — B (first letter of British) ATTLEE (Labour PM) containing A X (vote) - 26
- College issues revealing return on investment (5)
SIEGE — reversal (return) of hidden in collEGE ISsues - 27
- Odds that aren't at all odds in the end (5)
EVENS — cryptic def. - 28
- Taylor sent packing after month in city office (9)
MAYORALTY — MAY (month) anagram (sent packing) of TAYLOR
Down
- 1
- Pretty handy with square shoulders? (2,6)
NO SLOUCH — cryptic def. - 2
- Opening lines in court (8)
CHANCERY — CHANCE (opening) RY (lines) - 3
- Kinswoman of Bonnie's other half Charlie was gutted (5)
NIECE — NIE (half of Bonnie) CE (Charlie without middle letters) - 4
- Spooner's showering castle mound from the crucible (7,3)
MELTING POT — Spoonerism of PELTING (showering) MOTTE (castle mound) - 5
- Lay waste to the elbow (4)
SACK — double def. - 6
- Fear green scrambled eggs, if they're ethical (4-5)
FREE-RANGE — anagram (scrambled) of FEAR GREEN - 7
- Tenderfoot that is underfoot of castle (6)
ROOKIE — ROOK (castle) IE (that is) - 8
- Smacks as class took their seats up (6)
TASTES — reversal (up) of SET (class) SAT (took their seats) - 13
- London's Victoria, say, and the last Queen Mary's end paper, say (10)
STATIONERY — STATION (London's Victoria, say) ER (last queen) Y (last letter of Mary) - 15
- So integral to shaping iceless shape (9)
ISOSCELES — anagram (shaping) of ICELESS containing SO - 16
- Ringer stuffed robe inside puppet (8)
DOORBELL — DOLL (puppet) containing anagram (stuffed) of ROBE - 17
- Let spray out of antique instrument (8)
PSALTERY — anagram (out) of LET SPRAY - 19
- Firm with dollars on board (6)
STABLE — S (dollars) TABLE (board) - 20
- Twist and turn right into white trash (6)
WRITHE — anagram (trash) of WHITE containing R (right) - 23
- Stare rudely at stunner (5)
TASER — anagram (rudely) of STARE - 24
- Hand-crafted lamp (4)
PALM — anagram (crafted) of LAMP