DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

3. Embarrassedly doing the twist? ( 9)

8. Former queen banned from taking part ( 4) 9. Retract from the tandem? ( 9) 10. Bird that hides in crafty, leisurely fashion ( 6) 11. Practicality is disappearing from the kingdom ( 5)

14. Cured, in a way, of lacking refinement ( 5) 15. Belonging to the person reading this! ( 4)

16. Leads astray in transactions ( 5)

18. Join a boxing match with no ring ( 4)

20. Sharpened points in brickcarrier ( 5)

21. Having sharp taste, like a sailor, perhaps ( 5)

24. Girl takes her turn in having to wipe over the platform ( 6)

25. The ecstasy of freight travel? ( 9)

26. A singer among the teachers ( 4)

27. Cuba radar system could be a danger in the water ( 9)

Down

1. It's worn on the outside, so waits around for paint ( 9)

2. No harm in having the sense to carry copper ring ( 9) 4. Platform in harbour locker, we hear ( 4)

5. Thread that has a strange link with the Orient ( 5)

6. Keel over in my humble way ( 6)

7. He's always in the wrong lane ( 4)

9. How an extortionist can lose liquid? ( 5)

11. Willing to study the yardage first ( 5)

12. Do more work on the satellite, Ray! ( 9)

13. Deal with foreign currency as a symbol of identification ( 9)

17. Be quick to make a film ( 5)

19. One who flogs an old coin?( 6)

22. Tried to pick a subject for inclusion ( 5)

23. The section about being in the A. A. ( 4)

24. Jab with a soft stick ( 4)

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