Double Crossword
ACROSS
CRYPTIC CLUES 1 Symbol of a mixed breed of small white dog (7,5) 9 Natural healer and bar he made keel over (9) 10 Having his leader embroiled in visa problems is the destroyer for an Indian (5) 11 Father made into expert on the double (5) 12 Put to rest, set free to stick one’s oar in (9) 13 Share issue of the hour in hypnotic state (7) 15 Do trams transport celebrity? (7) 17 Counts on playing conkers (7) 20 Print back numbers of partner’s issue (7) 22 Talks about various locations (9) 23 Pain to return by public transport (5) 24 Cut back on chilblain ointment on the Greek islands (5) 25 Part of the team going behind another’s back? (2,3,4) 26 Music maker in band with wind instrument (4,8)
DOWN
1 Wine may spoil upbringing, worse luck (7) 2 Let Latin leader reduce tensions (5) 3 Imposing construction left to disappear in treacherous ice field (7) 4 Sets tea out on tracts where it’s grown (7) 5 Rejuvenate appearance, made surer by the kisser (9) 6 Allowance for bumping head into post (7) 7 Chart for laying out a complication during transfusion (1,1,6) 8 Send for some of the magazine (4) 14 Pitch in with barrel-maker at peace, finally (2-7) 16 Cleric had little rest, unfortunately (8) 18 Solo passage of dance mystified this country (7) 19 Every contraction pinched after heart was stripped in surgery (7) 20 Cream soothes tongue (7) 21 Therefore a post became more flattering (7) 22 Alternating bandwidth was an opening of mine (4) 23 Ride roughshod over trade organisation (5)
ACROSS
QUICK CLUES 1 Livid with bruises (5,3,4) 9 Ordained minister (9) 10 Evaluate, analyse (5) 11 Decree (5) 12 The first point scored after deuce in tennis (9) 13 Sanctuary of Zeus, site of the original Games (7) 15 Huskier (7) 17 Redeemer (7) 20 Sharp fragments embedded in a matrix of rock (7) 22 Clothes dummy (9) 23 Coverings for the feet (5) 24 Mushrooms and toadstools (5) 25 Inverted balancing feat (9) 26 Agent added to prevent decomposition (12)
DOWN
1 Conciseness (7) 2 Neurotic anxiety or dread (5) 3 Capital of Uganda (7) 4 Capital of ancient Assyria (7) 5 Sudden inspiration (9) 6 Displaces, overthrows (7) 7 Levels of command (8) 8 Cow barn (4) 14 Science of speech sounds (9) 16 State of ecstatic enthusiasm (8) 18 Wine merchant (7) 19 Less smooth (7) 20 Neckerchief (7) 21 Feather worn in the hat (7) 22 Fur-lined hand-warmer (4) 23 Japanese rice dish (5)