daily double

the hard way

ACROSS 1 Puff oxygen for exhilaration (5) 8 Importance of cardinal’s address (8) 9 Poor Lily died in this poem (5) 10 Nightingale in Tuscany (8) 11 Angry at the disturbance of a rite (5) 12 His pupils wouldn’t miss him (3) 16 Asian labourer that is indifferent to begin with (6) 17 It’s erected for the reception (6) 18 Game on a shoestring (3) 23 Turns out OK as a second city of Japan (5) 24 League match (8) 25 Note down new present (5) 26 Egg-producer distributes supply at random (8) 27 A fisherman will use many a spinner (5) DOWN 2 He could be grounded and kept down (8) 3 High romance? (4,4) 4 Article and new film about a resort in Italy (6) 5 Entangle wool and express displeasure (5) 6 It’s silly but favoured over an Oriental (5) 7 Belief held by hard-bitten etymologists (5) 12 Arrange a party (3) 13 A bit of cloth found in the garage (3) 14 He may have time but he’s not free (8) 15 Count on the school raising money (8) 19 Make profit from a shipping company we hear (6) 20 A bit of Greek apparently (5) 21 Bound over the plain (5) 22 A goat was in the chair over a year! (5)

the easy way

ACROSS 1 In a strange way (5) 8 Relinquish (4,4) 9 Pale purple (5) 10 Mentally alert (3,5) 11 Acknowledge (5) 12 Female sheep (3) 16 Real (6) 17 Feeling of sickness (6) 18 Young goat (3) 23 Throttle (5) 24 Precipitately (8) 25 Small wretched dwelling (5) 26 Become deficient in supply (3,5) 27 Strained (5) DOWN 2 A goner (4,4) 3 Have a ball (4,2,2) 4 Make holy (6) 5 Agitated emotional condition (5) 6 Motley (5) 7 Principal (5) 12 Largest living deer (3) 13 Extreme limit (3) 14 To considerably greater extent (4,4) 15 Irresponsible (8) 19 Disregard (6) 20 Well-defined (5) 21 Wet (5) 22 First letter in Greek (5)