DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Wrecking equipment with pancake mix when measured by weight (9,4) 10 Pretty country but endless pain in the gut (7) 11 Secret serviceman (7) 12 Readily available when concerned with dance? (2,3) 13 Divine and spotless surroundings for the right training room (9)

14 Very intimate couple’s breakup (2,5)

15 Some cut off a length (7) 18 Quite a feat to be cross in polite society (7)

21 Love and caring developed in a natural manner (7)

23 Run down and study a tiger in the wild (9) 25 Tongue twisting genitalia, to some extent! (5) 26 Lloyd Webber musical kept most of dance party ties (7)

27 Nurse is working at dawn (7)

28 Approve the cards and prepare for action (5,3,5)

DOWN

2 Plain practices went out in the finish (7)

3 Paparazzi’s lens fixed to the pole (9)

4 Save carrot-top to put in diced celery (7)

5 Mites with crab-like mouthpieces (7)

6 Kicking oneself to have a thousand after bankruptcy (5)

7 Corruption of many spoil the country (7)

8 Rank above at first but lose out (8)

9 Plant inside conifer, naturally (4)

16 Militia man against tailing crook east (9) 17 Bloodsuckers have seen off publican (8)

19 American sport inscribed in tablet of parlour game (7) 20 Carriage in start position (7)

21 Monitor love poetry by head of English (7)

22 Carp waved tip when in the groove (7)

23 Audibly immersed in a passage (4)

24 Thorough analysis uncovered independent state (5)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Illusion characteristic of some mental disorders (13) 10 The islands of the Pacific (7)

11 Long-necked African animal (7)

12 Warning signal (5) 13 Exactly alike (9)

14 Clique (7)

15 Greek restaurant (7) 18 Dirigible (7)

21 Hidden, secret (7) 23 Without having made a will (9)

25 Earthy pigment (5) 26 Overlook, excuse (7) 27 Foolish, senseless (7) 28 Resumption of harmonious relations (13)

DOWN

2 Suspended, inactive (7) 3 1930’s trek made by Chinese Communists (4,5) 4 Goblet (7)

5 Lack of due care (7) 6 Fortune-teller’s pack of cards (5)

7 Commissioned soldier (7) 8 Seasoned Italian bread (8) 9 Make well (4) 16 Gratification from watching others (9) 17 Precision (8)

19 Circular building (7) 20 Inert medication (7) 21 Hold dear, treasure (7) 22 Native of Lhasa (7) 23 Peruvian Indian (4) 24 Single-masted yacht (5)