DOUBLE CROSSWORD

ACROSS CRYPTIC

1 Secret listener evades proper broadcast (12) 9 Greek character raises lion litter (7)

10 Tiny tear to be meeting bad end with petrol bomb (7)

11 Let lace or material relate to the constituents (9) 12 Well-known number by Kennedy (5)

13 American capital grows busier on sea (6,5)

15 and 16-across Correct dosage for an experienced sailor (3,3)

17 Dressed outside disaster areas as cold dish (6,5) 21 Just scrape by to remove the scum from the top of the pond (5)

23 A quiet, festering, hatred enveloped one former political system (9)

25 For ever made relevant without victory (7) 26 Sandier parts of fish (7) 27 Presentation of a bill on tree’s crushing (5,7)

DOWN

1 Seasonal treat found, for example, in gear set out (6,3)

2 Servant put dingle on the Ford (5)

3 Crooned uplifting song about drink (7)

4 Joker idled shiftily between ring leaders (7) 5 Prediction that prisons go crazy (9)

6 Roughly lace coat tail with some success (5)

7 Rich purse squandered by bad start (6)

8 Adjust a diamond when contracted for different arenas (6)

14 Holders of extremely operatic copper trousers (9) 15 Doles out band when joining metal (9)

16 Smashes bolts (6) 18 Catch in reel made by provider (7)

19 Inland body of water also shrinking in area (4,3) 20 Shake down stranger (6) 22 Boudicca’s fighters caught third of the centuries between the eyes, we hear (5)

24 Sit or exercise body parts (5)