Crossword: win £550
Both sets of clues lead to the same answers, revealing in the shaded squares a new BBC Two drama starring Denise Gough (5)
STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS 6 Slipping (7) 7 Implements (5) 9 Indian woman’s garment (4) 10 Very tall building (10) 11 Edible freshwater, or seawater, fish (5) 12 Vacant (5) 14 Brave man (4) 16 Further supplies (4) 17 Small sales cubicle (5) 18 TV (informal) (5) 22 Captaincy (10) 25 Large rubbish container (4) 26 Bronze medal position (5) 27 Solidifying (7)
DOWN 1 Ludicrous (10) 2 Initial, original (5) 3 Unattractive (4) 4 Adhere (5) 5 Settee (4) 6 Indoors step (5) 8 Jumper, pullover (7) 13 All of the people in a club (10) 15 Obvious (7) 19 Recumbent, or telling fibs (5) 20 Act as a dealer (5) 21 Notices, observes (5) 23 Low platform (4) 24 Be quiet! (4) CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 6 Idling’s out of order when losing one’s grip (7) 7 They are used to make another stool (5) 9 Former African leaders leave safari with something to wear (4) 10 One doing heavenly scratching job in a building? (10) 11 Tutor cooked fish (5) 12 Every main party takes your initials when lacking residents (5) 14 Leading male character or characters in the romance? (4) 16 Additional parts of a pachyderm or elephant (4) 17 OK! Ski trip in a small space? (5) 18 Something to look at from a hotel. Lyme Regis, perhaps? (5) 22 The ability to be in charge of Guide’s joint! (10) 25 Omit hop in a rope (4) 26 This part is only just placed (5) 27 Going down and testing components (7)
DOWN 1 Curious lid design which is absurd! (10) 2 Tree on small thoroughfare, to start with (5) 3 Usually good-looking, yet initially repulsive (4) 4 Tolerate the staff? (5) 5 Oafs ruined the seat (4) 6 Reportedly look hard at part of the domestic flight (5) 8 Chap perspiring. This is the cause! (7) 13 People in association with floater supporting a limb (10) 15 Event I’d entered, that’s clear! (7) 19 Prone to being dishonest, we hear (5) 20 Traffic exchange (5) 21 Stops treating blemishes (5) 23 It could be said it’s something elevating for the speaker (4) 24 In church ushers may call for silence (4)