DOUBLE CROSSWORD

ACROSS CRYPTIC

1 Drunk suddenly drops Muscat’s territory, by one account ( 11)

9 Balance I have on edge ( 7)

10 Horse twisted neck to get into fodder ( 7)

11 Blustery rain rises up after falling behind ( 2,7)

12 Butch Cassidy at first filled retiring radio operator with love ( 5)

13 Sprite taken in by tipsy fool in a woefully introspective mood ( 4- 4)

15 Gravedigger making notes about the unknown ( 6)

18 Broadcasting ditty about the Caribbean ( 6)

19 Cure most unruly client ( 8)

22 Ordered hoop to limit mass and energy ( 5)

24 Fond memories behind leg or spinning by the wicket ( 9)

26 Swimmers swallowed supplement and became a little crazy? ( 7)

27 Cheerful one who makes fries? ( 7)

28 House of Parliament seen to lack order and good judgment ( 6,5)

DOWN

1 Make unholy beauty suffer ( 9)

2 before a priest ( 5)

3 Hams it up as covert operative ( 8)

4 Horrified by a hag crossing the street ( 6)

5 Salary sounds dishonest to one already in office ( 9)

6 Scoffer knocked back big apple slices after peeling ( 5)

7 Chest measurements under the imperial system made short work of grey matter ( 6)

8 Weight for boxing unknown company mogul ( 6)

14 Worship of the Patriotic Front is enshrined in national song ( 9)

16 Melt sepia solution in the photographic process ( 4- 5)

17 Rear, on the other hand, ticks’ other halves ( 8)

18 Makes light of swallows ( 6)

20 Return for service in radical coverage of conflict ( 6)

21 Afghan’s tongue wagging at shop ( 6)

23 Almost medieval Italian family doctor ( 5)

25 Said to stay on the plain, as a rule ( 5)