Crossword: win £550
Both sets of clues lead to the same answer, revealing in the shaded squares a film starring Toni Collette (10).
STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS
1 Talking bird (6) 5 Tiniest (8) 9 Come to an end (8) 10 From Delhi or Mumbai, e.g. (6) 11 Steal from (3) 12 Having metallic pulling power (8) 14 Cab! (4) 15 Titan (5) 17 Smithy (5) 18 Become sleepy (4) 19 Chipolatas, Frankfurters, etc. (8) 23 Automobile (3) 25 Find the position of (6) 26 Concert goers, e.g. (8) 27 Fellow-feeling (8) 28 Other people’s property (6) DOWN 2 Nuclear particle (4) 3 Keeping a note of (9) 4 Manual digit (5) 5 Cook over boiling water (5) 6 Imitating (5) 7 Masonic group (5) 8 Envelopes, files, etc. (10) 13 Scientific work room (10) 16 Poke one’s nose into (9) 20 Wet area of land (5) 21 Invited person (5) 22 Frightening (5) 23 Trainee military type (5) 24 Mark of a wound (4)
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 One may copy part or letters therein (6) 5 The most modest smells at random (8) 9 Decide to finish (8) 10 Some of you may find I analyse things from the sub-continent (6) 11 Steal from rich old boys, initially (3) 12 Able to draw me acting possibly (8) 14 Volunteer soldiers (eleven) in a vehicle (4) 15 Very large German, Italian, Austrian, Norwegian and Thai leaders (5) 17 Counterfeit stuff, or generate parts of it (5) 18 Become weary of a strange rite (4) 19 Meaty items could be taking us ages, as ordered (8) 23 Alternative transport hidden in an aircraft carrier (3) 25 Find whereabouts of site (6) 26 People listening in an interview (8) 27 Feeling kindly towards myth pays off (8) 28 Belonging to them but hers, it turned out! (6)
DOWN
2 A tiny piece for one cat? (4) 3 Commemorating a video? (9) 4 Hitch with a body part (5) 5 Substitute team’s finding a form of energy (5) 6 Copying a sound to attract attention (5) 7 Get stuck in the gatehouse (5) 8 Attorney is prepared to get items for his clerk (10) 13 A Conservative support for Labour in the USA in place of physics? (10) 16 Re-enter if about to meddle (9) 20 Overload in the bog? (5) 21 Reportedly conjectured to be someone invited (5) 22 Seeing 23 Across in outskirts of Surrey is frightening (5) 23 The trainee officer acted badly (5) 24 Mark start of something on 23 Across (4)