DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Drag in a kitsch leprechaun (6)

5 A great number backing large coral island (5)

9 Golf course connections (5) 10 Advancing then finishing on left (7)

11 Smell inlet, knocking head off! (4)

12 Familiarise Bill with usual practice (8)

16 Concede ales drunk in teenage years! (11)

18 Rider sounds like he’s lost his voice (8)

21 Break child’s game (4)

23 Somehow bar acid from rum (7)

24 Drink second tea (5)

25 Figure with stature, losing head (5)

26 No duel about mass (6)

DOWN

2 Person striving to study offer (9)

3 Fifty-first column (4)

4 Space to toil in – converted cop shop (6,7)

6 Setback over identity flows (5)

7 Slow or fast period – zero (5)

8 Pound put in for a girl (5)

13 Applications of topless vehicles (4)

14 Cancel hit becoming specialised (9)

15 Hint left inside stick (4)

17 A Scandinavian’s return will horrify (5)

19 Part cook a pigeon for striped mammal (5)

20 Band receives millions for big hit (5)

22 Within a motorway, beginning to drive (4)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Building for displaying relics (6)

5 Happening (5)

9 Door joint (5)

10 Paint diluent (7)

11 Tardy (4)

12 Forced into a situation (8)

16 Occurring abruptly (11)

18 Recoil, withdraw (4,4)

21 Working instrument,

often hand-held (4)

23 Artistic grouping

of figures (7)

24 Euphoria (5)

25 Shore of a sea or lake (5)

26 Come into sight (6)

DOWN

2 Artificial (9)

3 Balanced (4)

4 Movie (6,7)

6 Scene of an action (5)

7 Brother’s child (5)

8 Blackboard writing

implement (5)

13 Short letter or

message (4)

14 Sharing out (9)

15 Crust on a wound (4)

17 Shiny paint (5)

19 Long-term custom (5)

20 Fragrant mauve shrub (5)

22 Competent (4)