DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Girl to bathe in tatters or lose the opportunity (4,3,4) 9 Speech of British leader in Gael’s translation (7)
10 Van Gogh opening carried a corporate sign (7) 11 Outstanding round-arm (5)
12 Magnetic induction originally puzzled the puzzling (9)
13 Commotion behind bedhead of couple (7) 15 Creation of DNA combination with half-sister (7)
17 Short correspondence between Filipino telethons (7)
19 Expertise might keep rest moving (7)
21 Having control over punctuation during hotel feedback (2,7)
23 Reportedly get ready to kiss: is that proper? (5) 24 Accommodating international leader in ruined castle (7)
25 Set up and process isn’t everything (7)
26 Form a line gently or roughly (11)
DOWN
1 Fix strange antic of a beggar (9)
2 Blew the whistle about left-wing speech on the street (5)
3 Spear throwing explosive about the car trip (7) 4 Begrudging extreme elation before competing (7) 5 Accessories to manners, bad or otherwise (9) 6 Stealing tonnes and then feel the weight of it (5)
7 Take in a British capital’s eye (6)
8 Clings to the branches (6) 14 Love undertaking difficult mile trek or it’s metric equivalent (9)
16 Composed essay about high point of bar during Prohibition (9)
17 Is among the negatives of sounds (6)
18 Car then crashed into a block of shares (7)
19 Wine produced fighters in Ireland (7)
20 Annual count held in railway terminals (6) 22 Faint-hearted underlay of fur animal (5)
23 Put forward individual for acceptance by office (5)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Disastrous (11)
9 Worn-out, shabby (3-4) 10 Maid, retainer (7)
11 Group to be processed together (5)
12 At first (9)
13 Guard’s van on an American train (7)
15 Pilot (7)
17 Musical expert (7)
19 King or queen (7) 21 Boundary, outline (9) 23 Rainforest vine (5) 24 Line dividing the hemispheres (7)
25 Dessert made from milk, sugar and eggs (7)
26 One who studies the development of words (11)
DOWN
1 Low-ranking policeman (9) 2 Fang (5)
3 Disclose personal matters to another (7)
4 Traditional Jewish school (7)
5 Funeral director (9)
6 Move on hands and knees (5)
7 Language of the Koran (6) 8 Horse that performs best in long races (6)
14 Practice of testing and correcting vision (9) 16 Harridan (9)
17 One of Jim Henson’s creations (6)
18 Most populous Canadian province (7)
19 Kingdom in North Africa (7)
20 Secret stores (6) 22 Regular journey (5) 23 Indian yoghurt drink (5)