DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Become clear as autumn in peak network (4,4,5) 9 Drive crazy, puncturing ambition to be a writer (4,5) 10 Fullback in the team has to move furtively (5) 11 Philosopher analysed the riots (8) 12 Tore in awkward position (6) 14 Revolted by some wine (4) 15 Spice up dim varieties of public broadcasts (5,5) 18 Drug supplier alters it’s cap to contain abuse (10) 20 Eggs on virtually universal mammalian origins (4) 23 Fish spoil nothing in return (6) 24 Art to cooking and covering seedy Mexican food (8) 26 Unspoken thanks to alternate script (5) 27 Spout rubbish before study is extended (9) 28 Western isles suited the Euro wedding parties (5,8)
DOWN
1 Might final word be instrumental in deliveries? (7) 2 Servant’s outfit that’s a little disagreeable? (6) 3 Unclear where princess was consumed by natural ability (10) 4 Pronouncing the end of the story (4) 5 Finished sheep before one preserved beef (8) 6 Don held up publicity speech (7) 7 Incident involving the first woman and the second part of the Bible (5) 8 Airhead and fool support this type of indoctrination (8) 13 Ape’s misshapen proboscis is a poor defence (3,7) 16 Punctuation making don a military man (8) 17 I’m better off if I poison the relationship (8) 19 Detailed new tropical fruit (7) 21 Dingles in very small streets (7) 22 Dull collection of breeding animals include an irrational number (6) 23 Saying tomato in a way that lost American leader (5) 25 Cut loose end and run (4)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Celebration of the Eucharist (4,9) 9 Stealthily treacherous (9) 10 Church levy (5) 11 Travel across (8) 12 Tempestuous (6) 14 Small circular current (4) 15 Skilled craftsman (10) 18 Colossal (10) 20 Greek cheese (4) 23 Adorn, festoon (6) 24 Troops guarding a fort (8) 26 Gone wild (5) 27 Without a scent (9) 28 Person helping another in need (4,9)
DOWN
1 Male spouse (7) 2 Tenant in one’s house (6) 3 Intersection (10) 4 Pulp, pap (4) 5 Nameless (8) 6 Temporary, provisional (7) 7 Indigent (5) 8 Sluggish, dispirited (8) 13 Minstrel (10) 16 Orderliness (8) 17 Strong man of Greek myth (8) 19 Endure, suffer (7) 21 Oriental (7) 22 Mountain where Noah’s Ark came to rest (6) 23 Obscure, cloud (5) 25 Move at speed (4)