DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

26 1 Preserve body of male

graduate in tree (6)

5 Find repugnant crab,

horizontally located (5)

9 It offers kitchen protection to

a pair shortly performing (5)

10 Soft drink quickly finished (7)

11 Almost deficient survey (4) 12 Overwhelmed by demand

in tower (4-4)

16 House seller from English

nation, a man (6,5)

18 Study poetry? The

opposite (8)

21 Avoid flesh, unless

covered (4)

23 Flower could be a big one (7)

24 Departs, headless,

for roof edges (5) 25 Stop a learner being

hackneyed (5)

26 Working out age

when courting (6) Down

2 Isn’t moral collapse

the result of it? (6,3)

3 Relative drives worker round the bend (4)

4 Don’t get stranded

minus orders (13)

6 Directors sound completely uninterested! (5)

7 Colour of brooch remains to be seen (5)

8 Girl has nothing

but rope (5)

13 Even seedy guy

gets anxious (4)

14 Dine out with husband by hot spot at Dutch city (9)

15 Money for transport long way off – end of line (4)

Restless analyst naturally held back (5)

Love huge Greek character (5) Shakespearean instrument? (5) Crooked inclination (4)

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QUICK CLUES

Down

Across

1 Swamp, quagmire (6)

5 Artist’s garment (5)

9 Brother’s child (5)

10 Vital (7)

11 Houses converted from

stables (4)

12 Socialist (4-4)

16 Without respite (11)

18 Traffic (8)

21 ___ man, bridegroom’s

attendant (4)

23 In football, an illegal position (7)

24 In pursuit of (5)

25 Shiny paint (5)

26 Dairy product in a pot (6) 2 Be too much for (9)

3 State clearly (4)

4 Organisation about which

little is known (6,7)

6 Large brightly coloured

parrot (5)

7 Series of metal links (5)

8 Hostile opponent (5)

13 Recount (4)

14 Person employed to examine

carefully and supervise (9)

15 Soft part of the outer ear (4)

17 Bird said to deliver babies (5)

19 Edible organs (5)

20 Ponders (5)

22 Criminal group (4)