Double Crossword
1 One who snatches gull and one putting his head down (9) 6 Peaks in the middle of African desert (5) 9 Tribunal heard, and beak showed the way, out to a cricketer (6,3,6) 10 Risky expedition around the island (4) 11 Scrap a lot of coral found in floral arrangement (4-3-3) 13 Naval rule about prophet collaring a prisoner of war (3,5) 14 Grounds are thrown out by offspring (6) 17 Agreement to look after yeomanry at the front (6) 18 Assistant sent it out to the doctor’s clientele (8) 20 Disastrous consequences of a fat hamster blowing up (10) 22 Perceive with sixth sense and sensibility in the end (4) 25 Some of the doctor’s workload borne by those with bad posture? (5-10) 26 Imprisoned by Gestapo’s secret police force (5) 27 Enjoying power from new smart fuel (9) 1 Punts provide some shortlived interest (5) 2 Play rudely ran out of theatre district (5,4) 3 American leader shrinking from pasty (4) 4 Write about match with colour (3-5) 5 Erased differences between Egypt and Arabia (3,3) 6 Rueful account about game for horses, and win one! (10) 7 Took the top off flat bed transport in parts of Mississippi (5) 8 Face wrinkles over second jobs (9) 12 Pay the cost of card game at crossing (10) 13 Lies in wait for specified tyrant (4,1,4) 15 A serf’s sin? Making a face! (4,5) 16 Where people scrub tots and keep that shot (8) 19 Understand in depth (6) 21 Support great Russian holdings (5) 23 Finally pay out dole and sound like the Swiss (5) 24 Sharpness of the whip hand (4) 1 Creole seafood stew (9) 6 Expanse of turf (5) 9 Chaos, disarray (15) 10 Kernel (4) 11 Frailty, decrepitude (10) 13 Render motionless through terror or shock (8) 14 Largest Japanese island (6) 17 Stank (6) 18 Principles, rules (8) 20 Giving evidence under oath (10) 22 Grisly, gruesome (4) 25 Fried leftovers (6,3,6) 26 Before time (5) 27 Earnest and purposeful undertaking (9) Across: - 1 Paradoxically. 10 Colonel. 11 Fraught. 12 Toot. 13 Everything. 16 Elevator. 17 Stanza. 19 Deface. 20 Uncommon. 23 Voluptuary. 24 Snub. 26 Sidearm. 28 Hormone. 29 Anticlockwise. 1 Traitor (5) 2 Be naughty (9) 3 Well-ventilated, breezy (4) 4 The university community (8) 5 With hands on hips and elbows out (6) 6 Horse-drawn vehicle of the old American West (10) 7 Tolerate, put up with (5) 8 Extinct reptiles of the Mesozoic era (9) 12 In particular (10) 13 Record player (9) 15 Comic book character with many powers (9) 16 Tobago’s partner (8) 19 Spiral about a fixed point (6) 21 Clear-headed, unintoxicated (5) 23 Manufacturer (5) 24 Blueish green (4) Down: - 2 All-powerful. 3 Aunt. 4 Oblivion. 5 Inform. 6 Adaptation. 7 Lug. 8 Scythe. 9 Stigma. 14 Ignominious. 15 Sarcophagi. 18 Anarchic. 19 Devise. 21 Nobles. 22 Pummel. 25 Prow. 27 Don.