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STRAIGHT CLUES
ACROSS 1 In the Land of Nod (6) 5 Finalise (8) 9 Portable rain shield (8) 10 Goes on all fours (6) 11 Cushion (3) 12 Nature, etc., handed down (8) 14 Notion (4) 15 Downward measurement of water (5) 17 Initial (5) 18 Varsity sportsman (4) 19 Child (8) 23 Used to be (3) 25 Heaping (6) 26 Awfully (8) 27 Military outfits (8) 28 Items of crockery (6) DOWN 2 Maths problems (4) 3 Continental inhabitants (9) 4 Lost colour depth (5) 5 Road accident (5) 6 More agreeable (5) 7 Of smallest importance (5) 8 Very enjoyable (10) 13 Deep liking, respect (10) 16 Foreign delegations (9) 20 Sadness, mourning (5) 21 Striped animal (5) 22 Local taxes (5) 23 Planet (5) 24 Hint (4)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1 Please turn out to be unconscious! (6) 5 Decide to come to a verdict (8) 9 Repositioned rum label as a protection against water (8) 10 Acts sycophantically and makes progress in the main (6) 11 Item on which to write a script to fill out time (3) 12 Eight are involved in natural inheritance (8) 14 A thought from the bride at the reception (4) 15 Profoundness in capitals of Denmark, England, Poland, Thailand and Hungary (5) 17 Original tree on street, in brief (5) 18 Initially born lucky, used everything in the shade (4) 19 Dug earth out with a relative (8) 23 Existed in half of Warsaw going West (3) 25 Twisted lip taking gin cocktail and making a heap (6) 26 Extremely atrociously (8) 27 Outfits for GIs. Norm if US ordered! (8) 28 Items of crockery for meals (6) DOWN 2 Problems with uncertain sound on-board ship (4) 3 Ensure OAP treatment for people from the Continent (9) 4 Changed colour and changed plead (5) 5 Some horrific rash driving causing a collision (5) 6 It’s more pleasant in Devon. I certainly think so! (5) 7 Foolish tales with the smallest content (5) 8 Thug filled another form. Very nice! (10) 13 I do Martian exercise, getting respect (10) 16 Miss a bee’s activity in missions (9) 20 Leaders of gentle rebels in every fight showing sadness (5) 21 Some prestige generally shown by a wild feline (5) 22 Values a cultivated aster (5) 23 Word about the beginning of life in a planet (5) 24 This is the last one down in this puzzle (4)