DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 Came from small bump ( 6)

5 Level at end of great

competition ( 5)

9 Follows fish to hotel ( 5)

10 Perform surgery on toe,

reap disaster ( 7)

11 Anglers use these

as perches ( 4)

12 Crudely chained to

a Spanish ranch ( 8) 16 Doubt if any tincture

is mixed ( 11)

18 Funereal gold- backed

hat ( 8)

21 Paintings, yes,

are creative ( 4)

23 Meat product cold as far as one can see? Not entirely ( 7)

24 Show- off’s riddle? ( 5)

25 While away, grabbing river

food for whales ( 5)

26 Dim sun might reveal practice of exposure ( 6)

Down

2 Yon MP used silly nom de plume ( 9)

3 An international

orchestra too ( 4)

4 PM’s welcoming

address? ( 4,9)

6 Some never veil

enthusiasm ( 5)

7 Number Edward

paid attention to ( 5)

8 Well- honed point on instrument ( 5)

13 Eye part

of bloomer ( 4)

14 North American travellers have no love for those baring all ( 9)

15 In- house,

a rival brand ( 4)

17 Personally owned posh car, has started using scented resin ( 5)

19 Different mum

loses her head ( 5)

20 Jewel found amongst robbery loot ( 5)

22 Copied part

of map edition ( 4)

QUICK CLUES Across

1 Wine fruits ( 6) 5 Relative by marriage ( 2- 3) 9 Painful mouth sore ( 5) 10 Windflower ( 7) 11 Jolt ( 4) 12 Stupefy, usually with alcohol ( 8) 16 Property seller ( 6,5) 18 Protective covering for the nose and mouth ( 4,4) 21 Cure ( 4) 23 Stray from a path ( 7) 24 Passage between seats ( 5) 25 Common plastic material ( 5) 26 Private eye ( 6)

Down

2 New wave or metal,

for example ( 4,5)

3 Meat from a pig ( 4)

4 Lack of obvious form ( 13)

6 Christened ( 5)

7 Quash ( 5)

8 Short and fat ( 5)

13 Impel ( 4)

14 Matching crockery ( 6,3)

15 Land used for cultivation and

pasturage ( 4)

17 Promotional leaflet ( 5)

19 Claim of being elsewhere

at the time of a crime ( 5)

20 Sorrowful poem ( 5)

22 ___ of Thrones, TV show ( 4)