The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)

Cryptic Crossword

Both sets of clues fit both grids

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ACROSS1 Be nosy about late review of honour (7) 5 Great tree cut (4) 8 Uncommonly pure Eastern coin (5) 9 Still not showing emotion? (7) 11 Threat to shipping in October gales (4) 12 Act of treachery by girl and two boys (8) 15 Simple graduate’s in charge (5) 16 One article in boring journal (5) 19 Frozen diamonds beside port (4,4) 21 Girl covers northern precinct (4) 23 Day of fools, otherwise one based on theory (1,6) 25 Scotsman plunging into Italian river with instrument (5) 26 Start letting in our noisy animal (4) DOWN274 3 2 Engineerfo­r War TravelledS­tudiois right journalist­ic– dreadfulwi­th(7) left around,late on bore! writing developer;board though(4) with(9) badly that time 6 5 7 routedStic­kyOdd Good sniperbeer stuff(6) pourednear­in lagoon Italianout (3) for city (5) 10 diver Hitchcock disturbing(5) film(6) to remain 13 Refiningdr­ink (4,2,3)of already long 14 In work, I’m on overtime producing garment (6) 17 To stop up among the planets is educationa­l (6) 18 Short distance inside Indian state and port (5) 20 I carp about island (5) 22 Love to get friend a gemstone (4) 24 Man in Indiana (3)

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