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Both sets of clues lead to the same answers, revealing in the shaded squares a new ITV six-part thriller starring Joanne Froggatt (4)

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STRAIGHT CLUES ACROSS

7 Gifted (8) 9 Song’s refrain (6) 10 Peel, or cover (4) 11 Comparativ­ely (10) 12 Selling figure (5) 14 Light meal (5) 15 Possesses (4) 16 Extremely (4) 17 Indoor step (5) 18 Acting platform (5) 23 Slept for the winter (10) 24 Seldom found (4) 25 Sofa (6) 26 Intentions, purposes (8)

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1 Supporter (6) 2 Blood vessel (4) 3 Long, hard look (5) 4 Sharp, of an angle or illness (5) 5 Useful (10) 6 In an open manner (8) 8 Lacklustre (4) 13 Asia, Europe, etc. (19) 15 Acquired (8) 19 Car repair place (6) 20 Terminated (5) 21 Point on agenda (4) 22 Thoughts, brainwaves (5) 24 Wet weather (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

7 Given a gift, confusing date around pre-Easter time (8) 9 Refrain from seeing a group of singers (6) 10 Sink characters and hide, perhaps (4) 11 In a comparativ­e way, I’ve alertly edited letters (10) 12 Eric ordered pompous leader first to show the going rate (5) 14 A little food in can returned in case of shock (5) 15 Has snow drifted? (4) 16 Extremely light signal of distress (4) 17 Reportedly 3 Down is part of the flight (5) 18 Phase gates out? (5) 23 Breathed in awkwardly, so took a long rest (10) 24 Uncommon way to cook meat (4) 25 Place support of course with a piece of furniture (6) 26 Definition­s of imports? (8)

DOWN

1 One reversing a theatrical angel (6) 2 Body part for the conceited, we hear (4) 3 A hard look at false tears (5) 4 In America, cut English accent, which is sharp! (5) 5 Another ten in coven. That’s handy! (10) 6 Cup Billy smashed in an overt manner (8) 8 Boring flat! (4) 13 Exchanging cents. Not in these vast areas! (10) 15 Got into a bed, possibly? (8) 19 Sir Edward Elgar, a gentleman with a place for a car inside (6) 20 Finished with some written dedication­s (5) 21 Time-changing thing (4) 22 Notions aside, possibly (5) 24 Top artist at home in this weather? (4)

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