Crossword: win £550
Both sets of clues lead to the same answer, revealing in the shaded squares a new movie starring Claire Foy (6)
STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS
8 Germs (8) 9 Number, digit (6) 10 Not present (6) 11 Apertures, orifices (8) 12 Contains, or grasps (5) 13 Honesty, veracity (5) 14 Stripes, hoops (5)
16 Carmen, e.g. (5) 18 Tacked on (5) 20 Sweeping, or painting, tool (5) 25 Tenaciously unwilling (8) 26 Totally, completely (6) 27 Spider’s trap (6) 28 Put back into position (8)
DOWN
1 Hollow-stemmed, tough grass (6) 2 Went to (8) 3 Put pen to paper (5) 4 Farm cart, trailer (5) 5 Make a bid (5) 6 Worse looking (6) 7 Smarter, or more lustrous (8) 15 Type of maths (8) 17 Not for public knowledge (8) 19 Arm joints (6) 21 Found the answer (6) 22 Aerial weapons (5) 23 Cross (5) 24 Used a broom (5)
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
8 Cabaret I arranged to show certain organisms (8) 9 Calculate a woman’s shape? (6) 10 Bent as ordered to be away (6) 11 Entrances with job opportunities (8) 12 Spaces on ships for things wrestlers use (5) 13 Verity is seen in company with Pat, Ruth and Jan ( 5) 14 Groups, they may hold together various groups, if elastic (5) 16 A rope trick, or another form of entertainment (5) 18 Tacked on heads of all decent, dainty, elegant debutantes (5) 20 Use a domestic tool to get a foxy item (5) 25 Bob turns out to be obstinate (8) 26 Completely sacred, some say (6) 27 Mark of a six-footer which may be removed by 20 Across… (6) 28 … and put back when salesman tied the knot? (8)
DOWN
1 In a mo, Bob turned out with a grassy, woody plant (6) 2 Was present as a group of races finished (8) 3 It’s put down in a legal document, to a point (5) 4 Now turning up holding silver in a cart (5) 5 The Duchess of Ferrara inside is tender! (5) 6 Luger I produced, making things even less attractive (6) 7 Mixing herb with grit is more clever! (8) 15 Branch of maths which is something new! (8) 17 Intimately concerning one with no pearls displayed (8) 19 Nudges with parts of the arms or the Spanish weapons (8) 21 Does LV distribution lead to getting the crossword finished? (6) 22 Failures that make loud noises (5) 23 At night, generally resting, yet initially annoyed (5) 24 Cried in support of capital of Sweden having used 20 Across (5)