CRYPTIC
Across
1 Aligned by amazing Irish inlet (6,3)
6 Ford blockbuster set in Mexico (5)
9 A pound in gold leads to questions in Spain about a river here in New Mexico (11)
10 Desert islands in the Aleutians? (3)
11 Starting kind of British imperial rule in a part of Slovenia (7)
12 Spanish supporter of the second emperor beheaded (7)
13 Peru and Chile dispute here thanks to African politicians going home (5)
15 Hole-in-one on a country links within old Africa (9)
17 Holiday around County Kerry first, ending up here in Somerset (4,5)
19 A hundred see over Andean-type water course in Spain (5)
21 State of accommodation in Meribel a Russian discovered (7)
23 Resort in Italy to have foreig oarsmen (3,4)
25 English Channel swimmer’s capless at low tide (3)
26 Where about in France does Ismaili leader lead a little boy to Burkinan base? (11)
27 Irish police reported to lake (5)
28 Give a long flower to a Greek character in the Alexandria area (4,5)

Down
1 Khan dot not found near Chandigarh (7)
2 Excellent bread found up here, well south of 28 (5)
3 What in Rome are the Italians about to place in Abruzzi? (7)
4 Break up an arrangement for a gold rush site in California (5,4)
5 Native Americans are trapped in many a quick package (5)
6 Part of East Anglia where robber’s rejected the second time by almost all sides (3,4)
7 Rip Penang apart to find the French community (9)
8 Jazzy type in temperance movement’s about to backslide with port from Sicily (7)
14 Mayo’s capital on pub Caerphilly, for instance (9)
16 Royal-Slav disturbance at Volga port (9)
17 Grebes swimming around tip of Jutland make for Danish port (7)
18 Cable and ring airline for Argentine destination... (7)
19 ...as tail falls off plane and is found in New Hampshire)
20 Account of first trip to a port, according to Galicians (1,6)
22 Drinks raised all around a Mediterranean country (5)
24 Go to the Atlas to find Elgin, perhaps? (5)

QUICK
Across
1 Large ria in SW Ireland (6,3)
6 Capital of Mexico’s Nayarit state (5)
9 Largest city of New Mexico (11)
10 --- River, town south of Great Slave Lake (3)
11 Predominantly Serbian region of Croatia, retaken from the Serbs in 1995 (7)
12 Portuguese or Spanish (7)
13 The ----- -Arica Question: long dispute between Peru and Chile resolved in 1929 (5)
15 Former Ethiopia (9)
17 Somerset village, the birthplace of Dampier and where TS Eliot’s ashes were scattered (4,5)
19 Major tributary of the R Ebro in Spain (5)
21 Formerly part of the Soviet Union, capital Minsk (7)
23 Italian Riviera resort (3,4)
25 The outgoing tide (3)
26 Capital of Burkina (11)
27 Most popular of the Italian lakes (5)
28 Distributary area of the world’s longest river (4,5)

Down
1 Town near Chandigarh locally famous for its pioneering hospitals (7)
2 African region absorbed into S Egypt (5)
3 Capital of Abruzzi (7)
4 City of S California linked to the Gold Rush and horse racing (5,4)
5 Uto-Aztecan Native Americans of SW US and Mexico (5)
6 East Anglian lowlands, formerly marshes (3,4)
7 Capital of the old French province of Roussillon (9)
8 Seaport at the foot of Mt Etna (7)
14 Capital of Co Mayo, Ireland (9)
16 Volga city, originally Moscow’s outport (9)
17 Danish fishing and ferry port (7)
18 Carthaginian-founded city of Andalusia (7)
19 Capital of New Hampshire (7)
20 Galicians’ name for their capital city (1,6)
22 Member country of the EU (5)
24 Town in the Atlas Mts, south of Fes (5)