DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS DOWN

1 Tightly hold snake after

getting chlorine (5)

4 Strapping fifty into

sink (5)

10 One of eight who is

quarrelsome? (5)

11 Teach about ace

duet (7)

12 Choice available in

very large fruits (7)

13 Spread glue (5)

14 Awfully solid objects

of worship (5)

16 Faith tied up, we’re

told (5)

21 Believer in growth

industry (5)

23 Ventilate bottom of

military centre (7)

25 Fail in trophy to show

intimate picture (5-2)

26 American in shortened vessel with fish delicacy (5)

27 Tree article shortened

by inlet (5)

28 Legally local rule (5) 2 Injured owl is to settle on flat terrain (7)

Cliff is after second piece of meat (5)

5 One who seizes power

from frantic pursuer (7)

6 Lots of burdens (5)

7 Hunter of the stars? (5)

8 Yankee, say, swallows

arsenic the brute! (5)

9 Some leeway when

covering brawl (5)

15 Cracked lutes do

become most noisy (7)

17 City bird needs

the drink (7)

18 Small German wine

jar (5)

19 Said to interfere with

Florida resort (5)

20 Tame animal, it is

small in France (5)

22 Girl I moan about (5)

24 Oxidised though out

of practice (5) 3 7 10 12 18 21 25

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1 Sculpt in wood (5)

4 Book of

snapshots (5)

10 Imperial units

of area (5)

11 Fruit such as the blackberry or raspberry (7)

12 False display

of courage (7)

13 Brave, resolute (5)

14 Wise saying (5)

16 Fruit of a vine (5)

21 Doctor’s deputy (5)

23 Naturalistic

portrayal (7)

25 Docket in a wage

packet (7)

26 Guts, mettle (5)

27 Beginning (5)

28 Colourful part of

a flower head (5)

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2 Bombing attack from overhead (3-4) 3 Prospect (5)

5 Tanned animal skin used for shoes (7) 6 Brown earthy mineral (5)

7 Modern Latin American

dance (5)

8 Monastic head (5)

9 ___ Bainbridge,

20th-century author (5)

15 Betting man (7) 17 Spring-flowering

ornamental plant (7)

18 Flee to wed (5)

19 Chart, diagram (5)

20 Use tobacco (5)

22 Underground chapel (5)

24 Golden Delicious,

for instance (5)