Two-In-One
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
3 Capital trial in higher court, perhaps (5,4) 8 Poke a drop-out (4) 9 Giving musical entertainment together (2,7) 10 The fur after some hesitation belongs to me (6) 11 Take pictures of firing? (5) 14 Determined at first to hold back (5) 15 Title of article returned to me (4) 16 Conditions pupils have to go through? (5) 18 7 as a consumer (4) 20 Some of the irises belonging to them (5) 21 12 mostly are half asleep (5) 24 Grinding apparatus and French seed (6) 25 Retinue stuck in express? (4,5) 26 Tree from 23 (4) 27 Lightning intelligence? (4,5)
DOWN
1 The feast is open to view and widely distributed (6,3) 2 Tom met CID and was remanded (9) 4 Tree that may waste away? (4) 5 Time up in which each copes successfully (5) 6 Two companies get no backing for manufacture of silky case (6) 7 Certain of 18 (4) 9 Retainer tries to conceal being inactive (5) 11 Seductive wailer? (5) 12 Happen to assume one’s position (4,5) 13 Fishing profits? (3,6) 17 Soil satin material (5) 19 Ways to have 7 out (6) 22 How the loner may join (5) 23 Concern for vehicle out east (4) 24 Failure to catch a man may leave her one! (4)
SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS
3 Escort (9) 8 Area measure (4) 9 Monarch (9) 10 Exactness (6) 11 Lift (5) 14 Governor (5) 15 Level (4) 16 Agency (5) 18 Rational (4) 20 Trunk (5) 21 Late (5) 24 Charcoal (6) 25 Incessant (9) 26 Inactive (4) 27 Sporting dog (9)
DOWN
1 Trick of style (9) 2 Ferocious (9) 4 Satiate (4) 5 Musical drama (5) 6 Delight (6) 7 Near (4) 9 Tempest (5) 11 Willing (5) 12 All (9) 13 Meet (9) 17 Purloin (5) 19 Christian festival (6) 22 Thick (5) 23 Belt (4) 24 Tend (4)