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Crossword: Win £550

WIN 1 X £200, 2 X £100 OR 3 X £50 PRIZES Both sets of clues lead to the same answers, revealing in the shaded squares a new movie starring Bill Nighy (5,6)

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STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS 1 Declares, avers (6) 5 Representa­tive (8) 9 Wedding (8) 10 Baden-Powell boys (6) 11 Chopper (3) 12 Defer, delay (8) 14 Garden water pipe (4) 15 Scrubbing tool (5) 17 Banquet (5) 18 Writer of verse (4) 19 Chemical ingredient­s identifica­tion (8) 23 That woman! (3) 25 Save from a bad fate (6) 26 Aroused, stirred from sleep (8) 27 Runners, jumpers, etc. (8) 28 Type of car, station wagon (6) DOWN 2 Rip (4) 3 Is impending, gives warnings (9) 4 Disgrace (5) 5 Use a broom (5) 6 Holds out, goes on (5) 7 Bend down (5) 8 Astounded (10) 13 Ruling group (10) 16 Stand in place of someone (9) 20 In the neighbourh­ood (5) 21 Slumbered (5) 22 Breaks sharply (5) 23 Trap (5) 24 Your favourite magazine! (4) CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1 Conditions found in the USA (6) 5 One who seeks order in his occupation (8) 9 Union of agar and mire components (8) 10 Highlander­s holding upstart pathfinder­s (6) 11 Cut down West Country flower (3) 12 Hold over members in open spot (8) 14 Damaged shoe and other footwear (4) 15 A little lamb rushing see part of a fox (5) 17 Terrible fate’s revealed in this grand meal (5) 18 Linesman. Principal or even third, primarily? (4) 19 Silas any trouble in breakdown? (8) 23 Haggard heroine he’s about to see (3) 25 Recovery and delivery (6) 26 Weak Dane could be aroused (8) 27 The stale sort of sportspeop­le (8) 28 Formal grounds for Oriental nation (6) DOWN 2 Hurry with exchange rate (4) 3 He natters about menaces (9) 4 Disgrace. Pity! (5) 5 Use 15 Across as a flue cleaner (5) 6 Endures implements for cobblers! (5) 7 Bend when setting up pots holding nothing (5) 8 A dishonest organisati­on’s taken one by surprise! (10) 13 Rule which could be never on GMT (10) 16 Stand in for someone making 5 Across begrudge it (9) 20 Painkiller applied in the pub? (5) 21 Spelt letters in wrong order. Was not awake! (5) 22 Breaks for a quick sleep on board ship (5) 23 Trap nears constructi­on (5) 24 This magazine is the tops! (4)

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