Double Crossword
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Relief to get new email address (12) 9 China mars revolution with mob rule (9) 10 Press's turn to meet alternative prime minister (5) 11 Problem removing top from hot plate (6) 12 Act under duress when not hunted down (8) 13 Cash value centred in wheat production (6) 15 Earmark beach outside Thai capital (3,5) 18 Leading male to ruin a perm by sitting in the light (8) 19 People, at first, are not like their procreator (6) 21 Mocking bird with shape of lyre (8) 23 Pass over back order on gilt edging being removed (6) 26 In context, rarely added (5) 27 Half the weekend wasted if side met (9) 28 Forgetful person gives out free bath and shower (12)
DOWN
1 Minor support for a decoration (5) 2 Way to climb or scale a difficult crag (9) 3 Goddess is one's double (4) 4 Memento of a radical red miner (8) 5 Watch, perhaps, Frenchman, in the middle of row (5) 6 Neutral end (9) 7 Cart with broad-headed shaft (6) 8 Rake up to get doctor on side (6) 14 One given the job to mimic holding ballerina's toe (9) 16 Ales gain a sort of insensibility ... (9) 17 ... as loser struggled to hold initial catch of the game (8) 18 Ice from new bore in the street (6) 20 Now butt is kept in shot (6) 22 Tipped to be fast enough to catch ageing leader (5) 24 Vegetable one used in noon meal (5) 25 Crackers raised to knife (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Author of a film script (12) 9 Intense aversion (9) 10 Metric unit of capacity (5) 11 Largest of the former Soviet republics (6) 12 Germs (8) 13 Blockage, deadlock (6) 15 Pivotal, crucial (8) 18 Chairman (8) 19 Porous material used to absorb liquids (6) 21 Completely (8) 23 Nonconformist, maverick (6) 26 Beauty parlour (5) 27 Belligerent, aggressive (9) 28 Negligence, irresponsibility (12)
DOWN
1 Locales (5) 2 Copy (9) 3 Devours (4) 4 Traveller (8) 5 Small arm of the sea (5) 6 Exaction of money by threats (9) 7 Wooden container bound with hoops (6) 8 Staid (6) 14 Private parts (9) 16 Make an incriminating connection (9) 17 Pit surrounding a hair root (8) 18 Brie or camembert (6) 20 One or the other (6) 22 Chain of mountains (5) 24 Moves through the air (5) 25 Pixies, sprites (4)