THE CROSSWORDS
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Didn’t stand around to see an animal changing colour (5)
8 The good side of a dual personality (2,6) 9 Piece of land is on lease (5)
10 Do they help one to see what one is eating? (3-5)
11 Opera socially acceptable in Lent, for example (5)
12 Material agent (3)
16 Girl Colin goes out East to see (6)
17 Well-known bather’s shout (6)
18 He deals with beastly complaints (3)
23 Used for boxing and often hit during fights (5) 24 Very warm fabric - possibly stolen? (3,5) 25 Claud reformed with grace (5)
26 Political victim of restrictive practice? (8) 27 Brilliant combination of the Hebrew and the Spanish (5)
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2 Australia’s largest territorial detachment (8) 3 A translation that creates antipathy (8)
4 Badly rhymed, like the other side of 8 Across (2,4)
5 Decimal fraction (5)
6 Instruments that produce false notes? (5) 7 Hawaiian love may be welcome to strangers (5) 12 Short clergyman appears to accelerate (3)
13 The favourite shows ill-humour (3)
14 Noble combination of duck and hare (8)
15 The work of a high-minded artist? (8)
19 Feel free if inside the tower (6)
20 Nothing among the new rich can be got for a song (5)
21 Condition put into words (5)
22 Keep a shop (5)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Guide (5)
8 Unintentionally (2,6) 9 A planet (5)
10 Protesting strongly (2,2,4) 11 Cautious (5)
12 Chatter (3)
16 South American republic (6) 17 Choice (6)
18 Give a profit (3)
23 Plant (5)
24 First and foremost (5,3) 25 Split (5)
26 This way and that (2,3,3) 27 To rib (5)
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2 Working together (2,6) 3 During the journey (2,3,3) 4 Short-sightedness (6) 5 Narrow opening (5) 6 Trap (5) 7 Become aware of (5) 12 Hiatus (3) 13 Lad (3) 14 Never (2,2,4) 15 Permanently (3,5) 19 Power to attract (6) 20 Italian poet, d.1321 (5) 21 European mountain ash (5) 22 Intoxicating (5)