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Both sets of clues lead to the same answers, revealing in the shaded squares a new BBC Two drama starring Lucy Punch (10)

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STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS

6 Selects (7) 7 Pick-me-up (5) 9 Shape, or track record (4) 10 Easily seen (10) 11 Spectre (5) 12 Margins (5) 14 Biblical Wise Men (4) 16 Put into place (4) 17 Write in block capitals (5) 18 Planes’ circular stunt paths (5) 22 List of words one knows (10) 25 Flat and smooth (4) 26 A trio (5) 27 Sickness (7) DOWN 1 Salesman’s percentage (10) 2 Employing (5) 3 Is not (contractio­n) (4) 4 Make into a pile (5) 5 Old South American people (4) 6 Material, textile (5) 8 Of lowest temperatur­e (7) 13 Found for the first time (10) 15 Landing zone (7) 19 Removes skin from (5) 20 Sand hills (5) 21 Bike (5) 23 4,840 square yards (4) 24 Mostly horizontal mine entry (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

6 Goes for potential of Soho sec (7) 7 Partially into nicer surroundin­gs – that’s a lift! (5) 9 Not all informers show class (4) 10 No celibate involved here. That’s easy to see! (10) 11 The type of author to write spirited books for others? (5) 12 Makes gradual progress when cultivatin­g sedge (5) 14 Wise men in one’s imaginatio­n (4) 16 Ties in knots in this location (4) 17 Make an impression with this kind of photo (5) 18 Coils around a different spool (5) 22 One’s knowledge of words in a lexicon (10) 25 Flat used in a leisure venture (4) 26 There is an anagram of this! (5) 27 Sell sin all over the place. Could be a disease! (7)

DOWN

1 It is sought by a journalist or an army cadet (10) 2 Exploiting gnu is wrong (5) 3 Is not, in brief, using broken tins (4) 4 Pile up a chimney in America (5) 5 Old South American version of Cain (4) 6 A man of this may be seen in church (5) 8 The most distant members of old sect (7) 13 Do serviced components get found out? (10) 15 Expose strong wine in this travel spot (7) 19 Loses skin in a disturbed sleep (5) 20 Nudes ordered off from these sandy areas (5) 21 Regular performanc­e? Go! On your bike! (5) 23 Care about some land (4) 24 Some sad items in a gently sloping entrance (4)

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