The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)

Cryptic Crossword

Both sets of clues fit both grids

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ACROSS

1 Containing nothing yet MP is worried (5)

4 Final stab at retreat for former PM (5)

10 One given to flower girl (5)

11 Check thoroughly when we hear girl tells stories (7)

12 Claim he upset archangel (7)

13 Thread taken in by many Londoners (5)

14 Large animal about to rub it in (5)

16 Changes point from which tide turns (5)

21 Buzz about fine is nonsense (5)

23 Material from Rudolf? (7)

25 Controvers­ial English reason (7)

26 Exotic limes produce a look of pleasure (5)

27 Name new love story (5)

28 Braid, note, must be placed in hole (5)

DOWN

2 US claim about The King and I, perhaps (7)

3 Greek character at the exchange (5)

5 Discovered trainee made some money (7)

6 Lazily swapped ending and lost happy scene (5) 7 Crikey, unending scrap (5)

8 Picasso begins painting a background lurid orange (5)

9 Checks rules, we hear (5)

15 Cupboard love during division anger (7)

17 Capital, is it holding politician back? (7)

18 Unusually fit, he’s a criminal (5)

19 Bird sound which sounds tawdry (5)

20 Added photo as part of the scenery (5)

22 Japanese city – Tokyo rebuilt (5)

24 Sort of fibre in plants is a linen (5)

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