DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 End of paper to be thrown into boat? (8)
6 Regrets “Keep Left” directions (5)
10 Tongue running back around fingernail at intervals (7)
11 Pray independent politician has some knowledge (7)
12 Park huge supermarket next door and keep it very dear (3,5,5,2)
13 In summary, take over private property for the public good (6)
15 One enjoying a feel of the coat covering frisky otter (8)
18 Bar owner having power in a club setting (8) 20 Howlers are very loud during Rock of Ages (6) 23 Hot temperature controller applied after shampoo? (4,11)
25 Noisy conversation risked hushing up initially cutting remark (7)
26 Ideal university head met Fleming (7)
27 Sees the onset of conflict (5)
28 Navy commando joined Knievel at zero altitude (3-5)
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2 Raise your glass to a good man (5)
3 Saying pie was thrown with weight (7)
4 Lament workings of the mind (6)
5 Horse controls queen with time to put her back in (8) 6 Mutual understanding to strike harbour (7)
7 Feel as free to support convenience when unbound (5-4)
8 Greet the day extremely under the weather (5) 9 Landing field affected manners on the voyage (8) 14 Handle blubber, never ending quiet outrage (9) 16 Fixed racket to stand on step of the ladder (8)
17 Jail treated basin as a source of drugs (8)
19 Big business miss being schooled (2,5)
21 Foreign aid to present a problem for the fat (7) 22 Bone might lie inside goulash (6)
23 Bird made leading man the centre of attention (5) 24 Sound the hooter about one (5)
ACROSS
1 Japanese city destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945 (8)
6 Summits (5)
10 Adept (7)
11 Incite (7)
12 Refusal to obey orders (15)
13 Lucky charm (6) 15 Naughtiness (8) 18 Tedious (8)
20 Clay pigeons (6) 23 Compensation for early retirement (6,9)
25 Lover of one’s country (7) 26 Plunge into liquid (7) 27 Duck, swerve (5) 28 Assembly (8)
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2 Sign of the zodiac (5) 3 Friendly, warm (7)
4 Charm, attractiveness (6) 5 Tacit, unspoken (8) 6 Mundane (7)
7 Indigenous Australian (9) 8 Coil of yarn (5)
9 Hopeful; candidate (8) 14 Not connected, dissimilar (9)
16 Coupling, attachment (8) 17 Spoken forcefully and directly (8)
19 Aseptic, germ-free (7) 21 Region disputed between India and Pakistan (7) 22 Ship’s flag (6)
23 Stared with the mouth open (5)
24 Units of land area (5)