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Both sets of clues lead to the same answers, revealing in the shaded squares a new film starring Claire Foy (7)

STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS 6 Greatest amount (7) 7 Loft (5) 9 On a single occasion (4) 10 Classes, kinds (10) 11 Lacking strength (5) 12 Peels, or hides, etc (5) 14 Cab! (4) 16 Nobleman (4) 17 Get to one’s feet (5) 18 Tally, concur (5) 22 They offer to serve (10) 25 Tots up (4) 26 Remove sheep’s fleece (5) 27 Closed noisily (7) DOWN 1 Journey of discovery, etc (10) 2 Hit lightly (5) 3 Leave out, fail to do (4) 4 River sailing vessel (5) 5 Agitate, mix with a spoon (4) 6 Of lesser rank (5) 8 Not so dirty (7) 13 Metric unit of weight (10) 15 Deeds (7) 19 Terminated (5) 20 Ship’s rear (5) 21 Literary composition (5) 23 Employed (4) 24 Otherwise (4) CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS 6 A long dress and one who may wear it the most (7) 7 Cat, it turned out, in the roof space (5) 9 Removed cone in the past (4) 10 Sorts out erotic sage (10) 11 Father shortly to become unwell, weak and feeble (5) 12 Coverings for dodgy sinks (5) 14 Levy I added for transport (4) 16 A nobleman from Cornwall or Devon (4) 17 Conversely it’s what a politician must do to get a seat (5) 18 Surprisingly eager to have the same opinion (5) 22 They are not pressed, but may be in uniforms (10) 25 Appends Dad’s letters (4) 26 Hears about cut (5) 27 Violently shut up wild damsel with maidens first (7) DOWN 1 Scientific trip

requires speed (10) 2 Fishing boat is a hit! (5) 3 Leave out some bedroom items (4) 4 Push into a cargo vessel (5) 5 Prison agitation (4) 6 Coming from Chatham in order to be of less importance (5) 8 Having less dirt daily? (7) 13 Log maker I’m upsetting with a word of some weight (10) 15 I cast no letters out in court cases (7) 19 Some people send Eddie out when it’s over (5) 20 A little faster? Not at the back! (5) 21 Attempt literary work (5) 23 Exploited wrongly collected dues (4) 24 Eels wriggling, otherwise (4)