DOUBLE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 French holiday as cultivated in the gulf (8,3) 9 One harvest turned granary into the top spot in Athens (9)
10 Amateur henchman’s turn to protect Indian leader (5)
11 Help reverse weight plan (7)
12 Model poised by the lake to strip (7)
13 Spots Isaac Newton inside (4)
14 Mechanism to renovate terminus before mid-winter (10)
18 Disastrous results of following sums (10) 19 Backing prestige of the English school (4) 21 Defence work to smell a rat all over again (7) 23 Comfort ten for so long (7)
24 Extremely sultry atmosphere returns to the country (5)
25 Terrible end is near, couple having given up hope (2,7)
26 Checkers of skilled drawers (11)
CRYPTIC DOWN
1 Attraction for iron block and mass disturbed agent (3,6)
2 Breathtaking for every one in the bus to go up (6) 3 Religion to which Mali’s converted (5)
4 Pull back disc that shattered in the final attempt (4-5)
5 Museum piece is a round trip (8)
6 Bumpkin flipping dry grass over eggs (5)
7 Joker realised rat race is occasion for heart stopping (7,6)
8 Advertisement for ammunition and some boat engine (8,5)
15 Rang in the changes for a close shave (4,5)
16 Have company introduce a tin exchange (9)
17 Sound of ferment, laughter and uproar (8) 20 Wreckage of a black American uncle (6) 22 Ventured to mishandle adder (5)
23 Trainee acted badly (5)
ACROSS
1 Worthy of respect, fearsome (11)
9 Final demands (9) 10 Edict, fiat (5) 11 Classroom supervisor (7) 12 Early settler (7)
13 Toss a coin (4)
14 Turkish dish of sliced roasted lamb (5,5) 18 Complex, intricate (10) 19 Uncommon (4) 21 Windpipe (7)
23 Thai capital (7)
24 Make a speech (5) 25 Counterfeit, reproduction (9) 26 Impartiality, lack of involvement (11)
QUICK DOWN
1 Power to keep in the mind (9)
2 Relegate, downgrade (6) 3 Express in speech (5) 4 Watch or clock (9) 5 Greek-stringed instrument (8)
6 Dodge, avoid (5) 7 Preservation of a body by embalming and drying (13) 8 Distressing, tragic (13) 15 Discharge of eggs (9) 16 Ostracise, debar (9) 17 Home of a legendary Scottish monster (4,4) 20 Discomfiture (6) 22 Prize, honour (5) 23 Colour of undyed wool (5)