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Both sets of clues lead to the same answers, revealing in the shaded squares a Netflix series starring Geraldine James (4,4,2,1)

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STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS 1 Photograph­y machine (6) 5 Notting Hill is a famous one (8) 9 At an unspecifie­d date (8) 10 Unassuming (6) 11 Firearm (3) 12 By use of the brain (8) 14 Which one? (4) 15 Notices (5) 17 Feel (5) 18 Capable (4) 19 Uneducated (8) 23 To decay (3) 25 Magical brew (6) 26 Anticipate­d (8) 27 Strained (8) 28 Firm foodstuffs (6) DOWN 2 Nuclear fragment (4) 3 Lively (9) 4 Foreign, unknown (5) 5 Dairy product (5) 6 Ancient Italian (5) 7 Asian country (5) 8 Utterly (10) 13 For the duration of (10) 16 Of tangible use (9) 20 Oil-bearing fruit (5) 21 Female relatives (5) 22 General drift (5) 23 Strong cords (5) 24 Make a loan (4) CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 1 Arrived before artist or another portrait maker, e.g. (6) 5 Four Romans in carnal procession, etc. (8) 9 Erstwhile arrangemen­t of mime with toes! (8) 10 Most of French inside are not forward (6) 11 It’s used firing unlimited bullets, partially (3) 12 Chaps agree, in their minds (8) 14 Which thing could give another thaw? (4) 15 Observes they could be rash (5) 17 Scrounge money from someone, in a sense (5) 18 Up to the job in America, bless him! (4) 19 Rating no changes when uninformed (8) 23 Go off? Rubbish! (3) 25 A medicinal drink? No, I opt out! (6) 26 It’s no surprise, except somehow to press chief (8) 27 Emphasised one course is sent back (8) 28 Is sold out, but not the liquids (6) DOWN 2 A tiny particle for one cat (4) 3 Industriou­s viceregent upset when losing a certain number (9) 4 Coming from Portugal, I entertaine­d a foreigner (5) 5 The elite can recall each arm movement initially (5) 6 Rebuilt manor for Caesar, possibly (5) 7 Parts of Spain diagonally opposite another country (5) 8 Dead ballets you arranged (10) 13 Reportedly ejected during the whole of the scene (10) 16 Pragmatic sort of Arctic pal (9) 20 It’s nothing to live with this girl (5) 21 Tuna’s prepared for family members (5) 22 Drift with leaders of the rowing eight. Not downstream (5) 23 Kind of prose experts should know (5) 24 Capitals of Lapland, Estonia, Norway and Denmark make (4)

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