DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

3. Decides not to go on producing burnt sack (5,4)

8. Always puts a woman right (4)

9. Thinks time and dates are wrong (9)

10. His instruction is brief (6)

11. Cut from the wedding ceremony (5)

14. Finishing off a cake? (5)

15. Heroic story in the news again (4)

16. Run in the next race (5)

18. Repeat after some reflection (4)

20. Compare to elk in a way (5)

21. Sincerity, as a matter of fact (5)

24. Be a shade embarrassed (6)

25. Act as a dismantler? (4,5)

26. Is twice a goddess (4)

27. Ban a professional writer (9)

Down

1. Canned - as sardines are! (4-5)

2. By which the fisherman’s catch is measured? (3,6)

4. He employs us with hesitation (4)

5. One is upset by such a din (5)

6. They cut dashing figures (6)

7. They work in the same craft (4)

9. Get involved in someone else’s business? (5)

11. Something wrong with a knot? (5)

12. Is it never found in light cavalry? (4,5)

13. Peculiar behaviour (9)

17. A number with much to distribute (5)

19. Holy commands? (6)

22. He often lifts his glass to each (5)

23. Musical that grows on one? (4)

24. Sidewalk pedestrian (4)

QUICK CLUES Across

3. Conveyance (9)

8. Catch sight of (4)

9. Litter (9)

10. Wool coat (6)

11. Series (5)

14. Wireless (5)

15. Rim (4)

16. Squeeze (5)

18. So (4)

20. Unspoken (5)

21. Perch (5)

24. Fix (6)

25. Terrible (9)

26. Midday (4)

27. Exhaustion (9)

Down

1. Penetrate (9)

2. Pomp (9)

4. Ceremony (4)

5. Indigent (5)

6. Preserve (6)

7. Stagger (4) 9. Ladle (5)

11. Defraud (5)

12. Training (9)

13. Apposite (9)

17. Purloin (5)

19. Quested (6)

22. The Devil (5)

23. Tidy (4)

24. Ado (4)