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Both these sets of clues lead to the same answers, revealing in the shaded squares a new film starring Denzel Washington (6)

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STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS 6 Ogre, or giant (7) 7 Punctuatio­n mark (5) 9 Leg joint (4) 10 Rolled tobacco products (10) 11 Have faith in (5) 12 Once more (5) 14 Keen on (4) 16 Not at home (4) 17 Means, money (5) 18 Employing (5) 22 Issued dares (10) 25 As well, too (4) 26 Three-feet units (5) 27 The day after Monday (7)

DOWN 1 Tacit, or comprehend­ed (10) 2 Shopkeeper’s items for sale (5) 3 Small, croaking amphibian (4) 4 Frighten (5) 5 Neglect, exclude (4) 6 Opposite of major (5) 8 The USA (7) 13 Prairies, etc. (10) 15 Ill-behaved (7) 19 Unpleasant (5) 20 Poetry (5) 21 Verges (5) 23 A titled man (4) 24 Field entrance (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 6 Term’s no different from ‘Jumbo’ (7) 7 Pause to see a butterfly (5) 9 Unusually keen to get a joint? (4) 10 Get raciest members as fags (10) 11 Rely upon some of the most rusty components (5) 12 A profit, and not for the first time (5) 14 Well versed upon something? Not I, possibly! (4) 16 One method when not at home (4) 17 Money initially from us, not due since (5) 18 Exploiting gnu is wrong! (5) 22 Held leg, can turn out it’s disputed…(10) 25 …and it’s a little controvers­ial sometimes (4) 26 Measuremen­ts for ship’s spars? (5) 27 A time of the week for another duet, say (7)

DOWN 1 Overlaid? No quite the opposite, it’s gathered! (10) 2 Goods in store. Part of a rifle, perhaps? (5) 3 Going to and fro gently, with a little jumper inside (4) 4 Cares about seeing a fright (5) 5 Leave out some bathroom items (4) 6 Less important collier, we hear (5) 8 A Crimea disaster in another land (7) 13 Informer comes down with some tracts, naturally (10) 15 Nothing in New York? That’s bad! (7) 19 Capitals of Norway, Australia, Sweden Turkey. You find it’s unpleasant? (5) 20 Veers out of control with such lines (5) 21 Cultivatin­g sedge has limits! (5) 23 Nobleman in Israel or Denmark (4) 24 The number of spectators and what they used (4)

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