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Both sets of clues lead to the same answer, revealing in the shaded squares the name of a C4 drama series starring Gemma Chan (6)

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS 8 Begging, entreating (8) 9 Not level, nor smooth (6) 10 Not allowed (6) 11 A decade (8) 12 Licit, permitted by law (5) 13 Verity, not fiction (5) 14 Employing (5) 16 Crockery-carrying devices (5) 18 Entertain, give diversion (5) 20 Manual workers (5) 25 US game (8) 26 American-Indian bosses (6) 27 Sides of faces (6) 28 Spoke unclearly (8) DOWN 1 Give satisfaction (6) 2 Keep in good order (8) 3 Meanders (5) 4 Have the same opinion (5) 5 Ladder steps (5) 6 Improved (6) 7 Not long ago (8) 15 An understanding (8) 17 Understood (8) 19 Vistas, panoramas (6) 21 Have another opinion (6) 22 Untrue (5) 23 Rotund (5) 24 Sharp sort of pain (5)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 8 Begging for ideal GNP result (8) 9 One French word although it’s rough (6) 10 Prohibited group of players in broadcast (6) 11 I get, somehow, he is confused for a number of years! (8) 12 Cricket side before the French comeback is allowed (5) 13 Coming out of a giant rut he gets to the facts (5) 14 Reportedly you vocalise. It’s being exploitative (5) 16 They support leaders of the regular and yearly sales (5) 18 Entertain some ignoramuses (5) 20 Passes over some employees (5) 25 Game for the HQ dance? (8) 26 Chef is involved with heads… (6) 27 … and speaks rudely to other body parts (6) 28 Spoke unclearly, but was complete with the sea around (8) DOWN 1 See pal suffering, if you don’t mind (6) 2 Insist. Keep it up! (8) 3 Goes round in air movements, naturally (5) 4 Somehow eager to tally (5) 5 Steps between the shafts (5) 6 Improved gambler (6) 7 Bank holding US coin not so long back (8) 15 Fellow feeling myths pay off? (8) 17 Came to see how assets are made into cash (8) 19 Bad temper displays in parts of play (6) 21 Look at things differently if Fred comes around (6) 22 Sham, imitation (5) 23 Choose to be tubby (5) 24 A charming sort of accent (5)