DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Two thousand in diamonds,

maybe, for top-level meeting (6)

5 Temperamental low deputy

is heartless (5)

9 More mature tree (5)

10 Veteran Cockney to carry

worker (3,4)

11 Run from Dali’s first

paintings (4) 12 Rover with damaged rear end (8)

16 Kind, pleasing and true,

maybe (4-7)

18 It reminds you to stock

Japanese wine (8)

21 Working to accept mother

country (4)

23 Upset, seeing a barrier around it (7)

24 Free hire travel (3,2)

25 Could be start of number with

trio perhaps? (5) 26 Rent out church

with ditch (6)

Down

2 Queen in ramshackle dungeon has suffered (9)

3 Only a stretch

of water (4)

4 Accepted a minor role, and surprised one in group (4,1,4,4)

6 Awful chore producing natural pigment (5)

7 Thick part of a

wooden seat (5)

8 Ranked players

spot detective (5)

13 Fourth strange

instrument (4)

14 Being afflicted with painful joints can badly tire a chum (9)

15 March time that is

in Latin, almost (4)

17 Marriage

association (5)

19 Encourage, for example, attempt with pole (3,2)

20 Hesitation supporting favourite Apostle (5)

22 Enemy left in

sheet of ice (4)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Olympics field event (6)

5 Sharply pointed (5)

9 Part of a shoe (5)

10 Resultant (7)

11 Be luminous (4)

12 Very valuable commodity (4,4)

16 Struggling to speak through anger (11)

18 Dismiss with a jest (5,3)

21 Ensnare (4)

23 Bath with a whirlpool effect (7)

24 Powerful clique (5)

25 Full of substance (5)

26 Infuriate (6)

Down

2 Unrehearsed (9)

3 Lemon __, spread (4)

4 Behave

inappropriately (4,3,2,4)

6 Britain’s currency unit (5)

7 Old Testament book (5)

8 Breathing organs (5)

13 Patch up (socks) (4)

14 Disheartening (9)

15 A lot of (4)

17 Rate of movement (5)

19 Proverb (5)

20 Sunken-cheeked (5)

22 Lacerate (4)