Crossword 2

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

3. Destroy a method for secession (9) 8. Reverse the style for Old Testament location (4) 9. What is carried out if there’s a possibility of measles? (4,5) 10. This once provided light cloak (6) 11. News revised about right wingers (5) 14. Sound one gets in prominent feature (5) 15. Be effusive in escorting us home (4) 16. The kind of orator to nonplus (5) 18. Many a Roman assumed this (4) 20. The colour of a topless figure (5) 21. So Don refashioned the fillet (5) 24. Curtis travels from the countryside (6) 25. This shows possession of the proprietor’s joint! (9) 26. & 5Dn. Heaven is present at a later date (9) 27. Road hog to go quickly before the rest, maybe (9)

Down

1. Shoot to start some underground movement (9) 2. Plumbers may be all at sea when taking them (9) 4. It’s often tied up in property (4) 5. See 26 Across 6. Part of a teach-in generally is giving distress (6) 7. Shrewd bowman without any hesitation (4) 9. Loses wild fruit (5) 11. Did some twisting - the result is injury (5) 12. One who lies and gets a tanning (9) 13. An odd personality part in the play (9) 17. Built to accommodate people (3,2) 19. The additional building is an unknown quantity, we hear (6) 22. Fertile spot in Samoa’s islands (5) 23. Exchange prisoners of war the other way (4) 24. Religious observance is not at fault, by the sound of it (4)

QUICK CLUES Across

3. Yield (9) 8. Deficiency (4) 9. District (9) 10. Grudged (6) 11. Senior (5) 14. Light boat (5) 15. Breed (4) 16. Wigwam (5) 18. Be prolific (4) 20. Abreast (5) 21. Pass on (5) 24. Waiter (6) 25. Infamous (9) 26. Account (4) 27. Often (4,5)

Down

1. Wrangle (9) 2. Street cleaner (9) 4. Employed (4) 5. Pastoral (5) 6. Lower (6) 7. Merit (4) 9. Principle (5) 11. Void (5) 12. Cistern (9) 13. Chiefly (9) 17. Roof edges (5) 19. Tune (6) 22. Excuse (5) 23. Settee (4) 24. Certain (4)