Thursday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Monstrous. 6 Scrap. 9 Dates. 10 Existence. 11 Laplanders. 12 Peke. 14 Caprice. 15 Dead set. 17 Marines. 19 Untried. 20 Each. 22 Good-looker. 25 Contender. 26 Reels. 27 Spell. 28 Provender.

Down: 1 Medal. 2 Notepaper. 3 Tasmanians. 4 Overdue. 5 Stirred. 6 Site. 7 Range. 8 Presented. 13 Last course. 14 Commences. 16 Sticky end. 18 Stood up. 19 Undergo. 21 Canoe. 23 Riser. 24 Well.