DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Ply trade in the middle of fleet and air force salute (7) 5 Good man notes battered hat (7)

9 Endearing mixture of material (9)

10 Heavenly food back in a Vietnamese state (5) 11 Charm schools need a computer terminal (6)

12 Rate awful truth as anything man-made (8) 14 Putting a gloss on West European meeting East European in German capital (6,9)

17 Did a quick assessment of one who appeared both happy and sad (6,2,3,4) 19 Primate admitted stoat made a ratter of sorts (8) 21 Curses public transport when swamped by rough sea (6)

24 For instance, Napoleon on Elba, or a former French island (5)

25 Shuffle back row (9) 26 Curled one’s lip, having seen off wine (7)

27 Musician and bandleader help (7)

DOWN

1 Shameful cover for agile manoeuvres between two fellows (3-4)

2 Produce batted eyelid when topless (5)

3 Have canal developed into slip of a mountain (9) 4 Three cornered by patriotism (4)

5 Avoid bullock without any markings (5,5)

6 Wipe out resistance in comfort (5)

7 Constructed as Norman enclosure for independent Italian state (3,6)

8 Magnate manufactured ID label (4,3)

13 Spoke with amazement as turtle sped off (10) 15 Some on ice managed to make ends meet (9)

16 Camp fire’s whiskers (9) 17 Shoes for the unemployed? (7)

18 At last, banana bouquet is budding (7)

20 Belonging to those people but ending with next in line (5)

22 Parts of Egypt offend first class (5)

23 and keep out second class with cutting remark (4)

QUICK

ACROSS

1 Supplications (7) 5 Working area of a computer (7)

9 Come into existence (9) 10 Capital of Jordan (5) 11 Inventor of the phonogram (6)

12 Sea east of Italy (8) 14 Western Canadian province (7,8)

17 Athos, Porthos and Aramis (5,10)

19 University class (8) 21 Political refugee (6) 24 Rich and powerful man (5)

25 Irritated at delay (9) 26 Breastbone (7) 27 Person named to act on behalf of another (7)

DOWN

1 Adage (7)

2 Defence that one was elsewhere (5)

3 Typify (9)

4 Catch on a protuberance (4)

5 Rastafarian hairstyle (10) 6 Hindu religious teacher (5) 7 Schedule (9)

8 Cure-all (7)

13 Inflammation and pain in the joints (10)

15 Easily annoyed (9)

16 Final set of demands (9) 17 Lockjaw (7)

18 Phantom (7) 20 Red-breasted songbird (5)

22 Gather slowly, piece by piece (5)

23 The width of an extended hand (4)