Crossword: Win £550
Both sets of clues lead to the same answers, revealing in the shaded squares the name of a new film starring Shailene Woodley (6).
STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS
1 Knight’s fighting protection (6) 5 Very valuable gems (8) 9 A decade following the teens (8) 10 Groups of scouts or soldiers (6) 11 Sprint (3) 12 Happened (8) 14 One twelfth of a foot (4) 15 Shatter, break (5) 17 Rings or curls (5) 18 Retail premises (4) 19 Particular, detailed (8) 23 Change fabric colour (3) 25 Critical media article (6) 26 Unwisely (8) 27 Plays a role, e.g. (8) 28 Personal preferences (6)
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2 Operates oars (4) 3 Possession (9) 4 Act as monarch (5) 5 Dance party (5) 6 Loft room (5) 7 Scent, smell (5) 8 Indentation (10) 13 Not intact (10) 16 Posers, secrets (9) 20 Sheer rock wall (5) 21 Not so many (5) 22 Luggage items (5) 23 Suspicion (5) 24 Hint (4)
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Protection from a rum or cocktail (6) 5 Stones taken from baseball pitches (8) 9 Scores, having this time of one’s life (8) 10 Soldiers getting nothing in return for sport (6) 11 Sport score with a ladder? (3) 12 Happened to see ecru cord device (8) 14 Chin fractured, and part of foot (4) 15 Break up a collection of shams (5) 17 Pools resources with nooses (5) 18 Start hoping or praying initially for an outlet (4) 19 Particular medicine (8) 23 Do you expect leaders to change colour? (3) 25 Critique to look at once again (6) 26 Foolishly study lip movements (8) 27 Possibly acts through classes (8) 28 Samples flavours (6)
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2 Arguments creating loud noises (4) 3 How sniper negotiated the right to hold something (9) 4 Rule capitals of Russia, England, Ireland, Germany and Norway (5) 5 Is cod cooked for the party? (5) 6 Cat, it turned out, is at the top of the house (5) 7 Scent from swinging door bearing uranium symbol (5) 8 Foolishly I pressed on the dumps in a crater (10) 13 Popular and full, but not whole (10) 16 Yes, merit’s involved with these enigmas (9) 20 Can look in for fresh leaders of the rock face (5) 21 Not so many of these are found in life, we are told (5) 22 Actions requiring containers (5) 23 Have suspicions, but do change (5) 24 This is the last one going down here! (4)