DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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1 Wicked woman goes after small change (6)

5 Disorder in parts of Serbia (6)

10 Owing allegience to invention by the extremely gullible (5)

11 Worthy of pure new diet (9)

12 Model of international trade (5)

13 Every second well fed cat has spoken about the poll (9)

14 Changes the topic when drink’s a dependent of the queen (5,3,7)

17 Decision time has been reached when the fries look like feathers (3,5,3,4) 21 English father confronts dreary hairstyle (9) 24 Look through a gun (5) 25 Don’t believe in God? He’s in the loft! (9)

26 First lady split fifty-fifty to smooth things out (5) 27 Caught out late and skipped Last of the Summer Wine (6)

28 Most learned of developmental stages (6)

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2 Owe stranger and entreat individual to look down in the mouth (9)

3 Wine grower’s support for the stiller variety (7)

4 Made her sow too fashionable to flog (9) 5 Wandering Europe without love or money (5) 6 Rundown rabbit hutch lost rich water container (7) 7 Beer improved without mass of coal (5)

8 Gore told stories in league (6)

9 Say record raise was shot (6)

15 Imposter astounds Irish natives (9)

16 Work often vies with sport (4,5)

17 Work in that headgear (3,3)

18 More serious to take notice and accept struggle (7)

19 Moved up large piece of sound insulation (7) 20 Extreme poverty and limitations of language get on one’s nerves (6) 22 Terminally ill followed home well-trained Jewish surgeon (5)

23 Eight caught in the middle of toe-jam (5)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Lack of interest or enthusiasm (6)

5 Harm, injury (6)

10 Group of nine (5)

11 The Roman name for Scotland (9)

12 Full amount (5)

13 Keen and incisive (9) 14 Collection of European territories, founded in 800 AD and abolished in 1806 (4,5,6)

17 The American flag (5,3,7) 21 For each person (3,6) 24 Reference guide to the contents of a book (5) 25 Former German parliament (9)

26 Latin American dance (5) 27 Metal guard for a fire (6) 28 Collusive association of businesses (6)

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2 Long slender cigar (9) 3 Nominal (7)

4 Sailor (9)

5 Dig, burrow (5)

6 Small amount (7)

7 Italian seaport (5)

8 Seize or grab suddenly (6) 9 Acacia (6)

15 Feeling aa yearning for the past (9)

16 Impertinence (9) 17 Excellent (6)

18 Violently broken into pieces (7)

19 Revel, carouse (7) 20 Church caretaker (6) 22 Lift (5)

23 Bury (5)