DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC
ACROSS
1 Light shade of broken
plates (6)
5 Ringleader leaves crowd
leather strip (5)
9 Appellations from
Vietnam, especially (5)
10 Gate I’ll remove during
ploughing (7)
11 Went on horseback or
used oars, we hear (4)
12 Pay attention and accept
the money (4,4)
16 Show of effort appears joint for country, it’s said (5,6)
18 Text company to store
cold wine (8)
21 Existence is a bit dull
if editor! (4)
23 Awful son leaves pit to hit
back (7)
24 Belittle a foundation (5)
25 Relating to the city, going
back and forth (5)
26 Agreeable chaps are
second in country (3-3)
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2 Animal to maybe roam
round a herb (9)
3 Leaders of the organisation spout hopeless twaddle (4)
4 Rolled cigar fatally wrapped with no energy (13)
6 Girl to assist, mostly,
in French (5)
7 Hear nobleman when
we sleep (5)
8 Inactive nitre
compound (5)
13 Seeing things (4)
14 Pig-headed botanist
takes last of rose (9)
15 Mislay battered sole (4)
17 Gave way, like a Wimbledon favourite, it’s said (5)
19 Israeli teacher to talk
a lot, mostly (5)
20 Japanese dish somewhat
excites us, highly (5)
22 Vermin visible when sun
returns (4)
QUICK
ACROSS
1 Put in an appearance (4,2)
5 Tale, yarn (5)
9 Card game (5)
10 Utter fluently (4,3)
11 Wedding attendant (4)
12 Send to ___, ostracise (8)
16 Monarch’s relatives (5,6)
18 Absurdity (8)
21 Short gaiter (4)
23 Bath with a whirlpool
effect (7)
24 Surrounded by (5)
25 Boat, vessel (5)
26 Sibling’s son (6)
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2 Local (4-5)
3 Procedures (4)
4 By rote (6-7)
6 Eagle’s hooked claw (5)
7 Apply (to) (5)
8 Thin French pancake often folded around a filling (5)
13 ___ Barton, EastEnders
actress (4)
14 Call, ring (9)
15 Man or boy (4)
17 Theatrical platform (5)
19 Now broadcasting (2,3)
20 Sneeze-inducing
substance (5)
22 Angel’s string
instrument (4)