Prize crossword

For this puzzle we’ve provided two sets of clues, each giving the same answers. One set of clues is cryptic, one set is quick. It’s a good way to hone your skills, because it gives you two ways to crack the crossword! Two winners will be chosen randomly from all entries (cryptic and quick clues). So whichever set of clues you follow you have an equal chance of winning!

Cryptic clues

ACROSS

3 Person supplying materials initially carried on farm vehicle (10)

8 Male no longer in charge of old country (6) 9 Almost everyone hides inside cave in stormy Spanish resort (8)

10 Cleo’s pal suffering failure (8)

11 Sculpture, say, placed round front of university (6)

12 Be prepared to accept nothing in a letter that’s badly written (8)

15 & 17A George Clooney film shows daughter breaking into car thief’s home, oddly (3, 4, 2, 5)

19 Classical convulsion exemplified by Coleridge? (8)

21 Patroller fighting to get a private room (6)

25 Athlete aiming for the top? Not quite (6-2)

26 Before autumn, we’re told to check how much water comes down (8)

27 Applies rights on river in Devon (6)

28 Restaurant employee sporting a wide hat with some hesitation (4, 6)

DOWN

1 Arrange to depart (3, 3)

2 Bet I will get lodged inside military accommodation (6)

3 Words of admiration spoken aloud for everyone on board ship (10)

4 Here’s something new: book with type only half visible (7)

5 Official register, or part, do you say? (4)

6 Can Brit go astray, approaching a city down under? (8)

7 Leyton’s team, I note, in trouble? That’s about right (6)

11 Indian music maker to take seat before a recital starts (5)

13 Sportsman with socialist tendencies? (4-6)

14 He comes in to give thanks (5)

16 Believed I’m having a drink with editor (8)

18 Red mark allowed (7)

20 Bold agents grabbing time for retirement? (3, 3)

22 Comedian Vic is kind of severe (6)

23 Actors’ trade union shows fairness (6)

24 Celebration held in Donegal annually (4)

Quick clues

ACROSS

3 Person hired to perform a duty (10)

8 Country directly to the north of Belize (6)

9 Spanish city (8)

10 Fall (8)

11 Monument (6)

12 Abide (8)

15 &17A Literary date of Julius Caesar’s assassination (3, 4, 2, 5)

19 Sentimental (8)

21 Steward (6)

25 Silver medallist (6-2)

26 Downpour (8)

27 Makes an effort (6)

28 Maitre d’ (4, 6)

DOWN

1 Embark (3, 3)

2 Soldier’s lodgings (6)

3 Go well together (10)

4 Newness (7)

5 Bap, eg (4) 6 Australia’s capital (8) 7 Gain bearings (6)

11 Lute from central and southern Asia (5)

13 Traditional owner of no.11 shirt in football and rugby (4-6)

14 - - - Hawke, Boyhood and Before Midnight actor (5)

16 Pictured (8)

18 A Study in - - -, first novel to feature Sherlock Holmes (7)

20 Golden years (3, 3)

22 Keanu - - -, The Matrix actor (6)

23 Total fairness on every level (6)

24 Fete (4)