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Both sets of clues lead to the same answers, revealing in the shaded squares a new movie starring Isabelle Huppert (4)

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STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS

7 Built-in reaction (8) 9 Happening not long ago (6) 10 A piece of verse (4) 11 Frightenin­gly impressive (10) 12 Leniency (5) 14 Leading position (5) 15 Alike (4) 16 Insects (4) 17 Double three plus one (5) 18 Fly without power (5) 23 Found out (10) 24 Having existence (4) 25 Mend (6) 26 Polyesters, manmade resins, etc (8)

DOWN

1 Wages, etc (6) 2 Thing, unit (4) 3 Join together, make as one (5) 4 Apples, oranges, etc (5) 5 Casual, not ongoing (10) 6 Scientific breakdown (8) 8 Rotate (4) 13 TV advert (10) 15 Prime example (8) 19 Appliance, tool (6) 20 Six-ball groups in cricket (5) 21 Outing, short journey (4) 22 Notions (5) 24 Auction items (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

7 TNT (sic) in alternativ­e intuitive reaction (8) 9 Centre movement is certainly not historic (6) 10 Mope about showing some lines (4) 11 Frightenin­g, yet very impressive (10) 12 Clemency could make me cry (5) 14 Initial tree on street? (5) 15 With the identical properties as me, possibly (4) 16 Stan turned out six-footers (4) 17 An odd number from evens? (5) 18 Soar with parts of a strong lid exposed (5) 23 Record finished before editor found out? (10) 24 Being terribly evil, it’s not recorded (4) 25 Fix up and fix up with new partners (6) 26 Claps its involvemen­t with synthetic materials (8)

DOWN

1 Come in about one’s revenue (6) 2 Time to change something? (4) 3 Join forces having crazy fun with your ideas initially (5) 4 Being barren, it’s impossible to bear this! (5) 5 So, a conical design for a type of table (10) 6 Any lass I upset with a breakdown? (8) 8 Go round with a music hall act (4) 13 Advert connected with business (10) 15 Doctor may ask for it, for example (8) 19 Instrument of French malpractic­e (6) 20 Surplus amounts in groups of deliveries (5) 21 Stumble upon an excursion (4) 22 Brainwaves from inside a school of thought (5) 24 Items sold in large amounts (4)

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