DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 Drag in a kitsch leprechaun (6)

5 Loose rocks almost put

on television (5)

9 A European king must

go to give assent (5)

10 Flavourless popular drink

I had (7)

11 Do some viewing from little

room with king! (4) 12 Laid-back, heartless

attempt at hospital unit (8)

16 Elaborately creates

male spy (6,5)

18 Vessels carrying volumes

of water round the east (8)

21 Alternate bargains from

milling residue (4)

23 Paper-folding beginning

shortly around morning (7) 24 Animal god in

mix-up (5)

25 Espouse a case raised on junction (5)

26 For example, Downone song (6)

2 Physical soldier captures enemy leader (9)

3 Ogle the French

Queen (4)

4 I adapt different pressure, said when heeded (4,9)

6 Feature a

country (5)

7 Boot out wild

civet (5)

8 Black book in

auction (5)

13 Our generation’s

hidden desire (4)

14 Sort of weather forecast for the Rockies? (4-5)

15 Let go for

nothing (4)

17 Bulb working with

charged particle (5)

19 Bitter free on account (5)

Helping hand for member having finished (3-2) A barrier for the man (4)

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QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Watching secretly (6)

5 Old roofing tile (5)

9 Urgency calling for speed (5)

10 Pariah (7)

11 Vibrating strip in an oboe (4)

12 Person just married (5-3)

16 Carbonated fruit drink (6,5)

18 Let go of, say

goodbye to (4,4)

21 Swerve (4)

23 Make known

(private information) (7)

24 Brags (5)

25 Colin ___, British actor (5)

26 Smile in a foolish way (6)

Down

2 Nearer the hind end (9)

3 List component (4)

4 Harlem ___,

basketball team (13)

6 Fortunate (5)

7 One of the five senses (5)

8 Amulet (5)

13 Committed perjury (4)

14 Healthy and nutritious (9)

15 Pack, put away (4)

17 Unattractively large

or bloated (5)

19 Defence to a criminal charge (5)

20 Mock (5)

22 Layer of dirt or froth on the

surface of a liquid (4)