DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Psychiatrist’s contract (6)

5 An area of the North Sea covered with water (5) 9 Make a speech, or brew tea (5) 10 Person put forward to reorganise one mine (7) 11 Information read in Florida tabloid (4)

12 Hang around, until most are visiting frequently (8) 16 Displaced Maori cousin is bitter (11)

18 Team kiss jumper (4,4) 21 Image, potentially old one first (4) 23 Large deer from Rio and Cuba (7) 24 Flower festival – opening cancelled (5)

25 Pale, like farm-bird (5)

26 Attempt to carry object in (6)

Down

2 Anguish in the middle, each suffers (9)

3 Goat – nine exist in captivity (4) 4 Mob member apprehended, it’s said, leading to unofficial trial (8,5) 6 How his tricks reveal game (5) 7 Lustre noticed around hospital (5) 8 In what way did you begin western greeting (5) 13 French director about to drop film genre (4) 14 Overwhelmed when one religious woman had romantic meeting (9) 15 Some customers ignore notice (4) 17 Move swiftly, run inside to make advances (5) 19 Plenty of paper to obliterate smear (5) 20 Upset when I complain (5) 22 Wind is getting up in the lagoon (4)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Defend, support (6)

5 Swagger (5)

9 Aspirations (5)

10 Work on a newspaper (7)

11 Electrical cable (4)

12 Colour of baked clay (5,3)

16 Pamper, over-protect (11)

18 Newspaper cutting (8)

21 Stare lecherously (4)

23 Hunter (7)

24 Decorate, embellish (5)

25 Diaphanous (5)

26 Nevertheless (4,2)

Down

2 Meaty pizza topping (9)

3 Depose (4)

4 Travelling health worker (8,5)

6 Adjust slightly (5)

7 Join forces (5)

8 Husks separated from wheat (5)

13 Yield (to another) (4)

14 Devout (9)

15 Semi-liquid food (4)

17 ___ Lane, Beatles song (5)

19 Chuckle (5)

20 Out of fashion (5)

22 Spice extracted from nutmeg (4)