DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Outsize vehicles at
Hollywood ceremony (6)
5 Small grouse on steep
slope (5)
9 See bloodsucker in
shelter by church (5)
10 Porridge thrown at
a mole (7)
11 Toy found in ski
terraces (4)
12 Do not move injured nag
in the country (8)
16 Home dominance could be covering years, to be useful (4,2,5)
18 Study to invite scorn (8)
21 Turns to a New Testament
book (4)
23 Nobleman, one before
queen, previously (7)
24 Yogurt dish ruined tiara (5)
25 Drink for a tennis player (5)
26 Has a hankering for
stories about the east (6)
DOWN
2 Vegetable crop following
dessert (9)
3 Pain of little account
to man (4)
4 Hit stag or pony, ruining
the hunters’ gathering (8,5)
6 Copper has little time for
food flavouring (5)
7 Criticise joint (5)
8 Chap penniless,
right to left (5)
13 Become insane, lacking
male impetus (4)
14 Craving, these days,
clarity of speech (9)
15 Apportion pork etc,
we hear (4)
17 It’s balance regularly required for Jacob’s father (5)
19 Make a speech,
or brew tea (5)
20 Roofer left during row (5)
22 Song Marian takes
to heart (4)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Animal resembling
a stoat (6)
5 Jeer (5)
9 Unpleasant aroma (5)
10 Tomato sauce (7)
11 Close (curtains) (4)
12 Shrill, harsh (8)
16 Token from a shop, given
as a present (4,7)
18 Austrian crown prince (8)
21 Slang for ‘food’ (4)
23 The Towering ___,
Paul Newman film (7)
24 Frogs’ eggs (5)
25 Perspiration (5)
26 Nut (6)
DOWN
2 Totally self-centred
person (9)
3 Ride a wave (4)
4 (Run) very smoothly
and easily (4,9)
6 Hidden hoard (5)
7 Cleanse a lavatory
by the flow of water (5)
8 Fawn, flatter (5)
13 Inscribe deeply (4)
14 Red soft drink (9)
15 Breeding
establishment (4)
17 Variety of steak (1-4)
19 Invigorate (5)
20 Animal associated with
laughing (5)
22 Russian emperor’s
title (4)