CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES

Across 1 Rocky is gloomiest aboard ship with these scientific experts (13) 9 One hollow I found near California is exactly the same (9) 10 Person throwing a party accepts liberal composer (5) 11 Fabric of New York attracts 50 per cent of capital (5) 12 American parent embraces snider, lively art movement (9) 13 Hide record I had presented to notorious miser (9) 16 Mechanical system bowled overs (5) 17 Inland Revenue precede his grilling with a strong sort of coffee (5) 19 Scorned daughter is dead in crash (9) 21 Oddly turgid scoring six with teammate in an offhand way (9) 23 Jumper small woman removed for consumer (5) 25 Choose one cold drinks dispenser (5) 26 Single God-fearing woman went out with men, becoming overwhelmed (9) 27 Don’t decide to detain a handler of stolen goods (3,2,3,5) Down 1 I fit conscience around lurid literary endeavours (7,7) 2 The Italian, almost done on the inside – that’s perfect (5) 3 Early performance of friend takes in European (7) 4 Doctor brought up foreign letter delivered to Colonel (5) 5 Digs clods out, they are evidence of good circulation of air (4,5) 6 Son as an afterthought takes in this place in all the planets (7) 7 Keep going with Old Norse I translated (7,2) 8 Newly formats diameter with spanner in this stadium (8,6) 14 Institutes popular with one gallery calling one in (9) 15 Badly lamed animal featured in commemorative souvenir (9) 18 Bob perhaps hurt CIA criminally (7) 20 Leading oaf capering around schoolmaster (5,2) 22 The reader gets half of this for a kid (5) 24 Healthy glow, it is captured for an artist (5)

THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES

Across 1 Earthquake experts (13) 9 Exactly the same (9) 10 Planets Suite composer (5) 11 Man-made fabric (5) 12 20th Century art movement (9) 13 Outer layer of skin (9) 16 System to regulate output (5) 17 From the Emerald Isle (5) 19 Treated with scorn (9) 21 In an insignificant way (9) 23 Consumer, diner (5) 25 It dispenses pub spirits (5) 26 Deluged, swamped (9) 27 Be neutral (3,2,3,5) Down 1 Stories of space, robots etc (7,7) 2 Epitome, paragon (5) 3 Daytime showing (7) 4 A stand-in (5) 5 Awards for sales of a record (4,5) 6 Globes (7) 7 Struggle forward (7,2) 8 Chelsea’s home ground (8,6) 14 Begins, starts (9) 15 Coin worn as jewellery (9) 18 Coiffure (7) 20 Leading (5,2) 22 Person not yet aged (5) 24 Son of Uranus and Gaea (5)