DOUBLE TROUBLE

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1. Fizzy drink makes Damon and Lee drunk (8) 5. Jack, say, is a witty person (4) 9. Staff misses meals (5) 10. Write notes to company, then mopes about (7) 11. Hit with footwear (4) 12. Torn mess around scary beasts (8) 14. Payment in bits of marsala and rye (6) 15. Adjourn little lunch (6) 18. Clear and shuffle agenda (8) 20. Question point on chicken (4) 23. Dangle note around southern UK (7) 24. Snail organised digital protection (5) 25. Positions open soon in the south (4) 26. Notes when disorder grows old (8)

ACROSS

1. Fizzy citrus drink (8) 5. Stiff paper (4) 9. Goes without food or drink (5) 10. Write music (7) 11. Knitted foot cover (4) 12. Terrifying mythical creatures (8) 14. Yearly wage, annual … (6) 15. Mid-morning break at school (6) 18. Schedule, … of events (8) 20. Song, … Will I See You Again? (4) 23. One of the Britain’s countries (7) 24. Manicurist’s specialty (5) 25. Perches on a chair (4) 26. Emails, texts etc (8)

DOWN

1. Steals elevators (5) 2. Show us claim has changed (7) 3. Bird’s home in plane stump (4) 4. Medic orders are from decorator (6) 6. A romantic flower cropped up (5) 7. Prepares Don’s frocks? (7) 8 . He’s following Sam’s bad breaks (7) 13. Majestic commercial for ancestor (7) 14. Sue’s taken old-school copies for the win (7) 16. Imitating Eastern Church by going without leader (7) 17. Cope with a name (6) 19. Frivolous illumination (5) 21. Examines features (5) 22. Skin prepared for tattoo pigments (4)

DOWN

1. Raises, elevates (5) 2. Melodious, tuneful (7) 3. Bird’s abode (4) 4. GP or surgeon (6) 6. Became a concern (5) 7. Puts clothes on (7) 8. Shatters (7) 13. Father’s father (7) 14. Favourable result (7) 16. Reflecting sound (7) 17. Doorknob (6) 19. Not heavy (5) 21. Olfactory organs (5) 22. Printing fluids (4)