DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across 3. Can one old line of pillars look different? (9) 8. Noble commendation, by the sound of it (4) 9. A means of travel to produce ecstasy (9)

10. See 26 Across

11. Celebrations for Greek goddesses are heard (5)

14. Sends an urgent message for electrical equipment (5)

15. Southern vessel to use a radar beam (4)

16. Dissipate an hour near northern lake (5)

18. Indulge in a novel experience, maybe (4)

20. Dodge out of Geneva deviously (5)

21. The strain associated with mourning (5)

24. Frolic that lands the doctor in prison (6)

25. Iron, for instance, used for the foundation? (4,5)

26 & 10Ac. The point about which the activity of the conurbation revolves (4,6)

27. Professional examiner who expresses his dissent (9) Down

1. Automatic process in which horologists are engaged (9)

2. Luggage on the way to main thoroughfare (5,4) 4. Fairy-tale character turned up among smaller goblins (4)

5. Feline of little weight (5)

6. Changing planes for Tyrrhenian resort (6)

7. For her, it’s a stick-up (4)

9. Near the end of the street, spots the rubbish (5)

11. See 24 Down

12. In which a boxer’s press cuttings may be found? (9)

13. Draw attention to what’s written beneath the file (9)

17. The French writer climbing in Himalayan region (5)

19. To tell somebody the way is uncomplicated (6)

22. Horses for Scots regiment at one time (5)

23. Just the rate for the journey, one hears (4)

24 & 11Dn. The strength of a

heavy blow (4,5) QUICK CLUES Across 3. Self-possession (9) 8. Drag (4) 9. Relieve (3,2,4) 10. Brawl (6) 11. Bush (5) 14. Shelf (5) 15. Faithful (4) 16. Impurities (5) 18. Goad (4) 20. Situation (5) 21. Instruct (5) 24. Brook (6) 25. Haughtiness (9) 26. Signify (4) 27. Resolve (9)

Down 1. 2. 4. Lazy Absolute Poems (9) (4) (3-3-3) 5. Fruit (5) 6. Shoot (6) 7. Hazard (4) 9. Surfeited (5) 11. Indolence (5) 12. Neither gain nor lose (5,4) 13. Don’t worry! (5,4) 17. Flood (5) 19. Distant (6) 22. Demand (5) 23. Release (4) 24. Peruse (4)