DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES Across
1 Speak ill of African country
getting nothing for starters ( 6)
5 Cook’s covering pub in
outskirts of Putney ( 5)
9 Len in trouble with the cloth ( 5)
10 French refusal also to
perplex ( 7)
11 China caught with drone ( 4)
12 Points me out as favouring
family ( 8) 16 Children’s series to be built
in pieces in river ( 11)
18 Aloud second- rate thinking
is puzzling ( 8)
21 Doctor to start using gloves
for medicine ( 4)
23 Jo’s bone is broken in
plastic surgery ( 4,3)
24 Bit of quiet, by the sound
of it ( 5)
25 Flipper’s call to those in
charge ( 5) 26 Tears off with unknown substitute ( 6)
Down
2 And moulding gold layer to a ridiculous degree ( 2,7)
3 Europeans with no
head for pubs ( 4)
4 Gifted runner not upset before, despite never receiving payback ( 3- 10)
6 Popular set’s
ideas ( 5)
7 Sisters admitting love for naming words ( 5)
8 Well- presented
nautical film ( 5)
13 Spheres or bends,
no conclusion ( 4)
14 I approach home with serious intentions ( 2,7)
15 Enclosures for
birds? ( 4)
17 Bird to rue, but not
at first ( 5)
19 Book returned with note to express feelings ( 5)
20 Overturn object after getting out of bed ( 2- 3)
22 Primates chewed up
peas ( 4)
QUICK CLUES Across
1 Cuppa- making sachet ( 3,3)
5 Lightweight canoe ( 5)
9 British peers ( 5)
10 Large strong- clawed
shellfish ( 7)
11 ___ Ma, Paris- born
cellist ( 2- 2) 12 Known for certain ( 8)
16 Water- repellent coat ( 5,6)
18 Laboratory cylinder ( 4,4)
21 Brush the surface ( 4)
23 Moral ( 7) 24 Temporary
accommodation ( 5)
25 Story by Aesop ( 5)
26 Place in the open ( 6)
Down
2 Initial period of development ( 5,4) 3 Revel ( in) ( 4) 4 Half- century anniversary ( 6,7) 6 Crime of setting fires ( 5) 7 Prevent, ward off ( 5) 8 Woman’s name, or gemstone ( 5) 13 Restless desire ( 4) 14 Rink footwear with blades ( 3,6) 15 Port side ( 4) 17 Mona Lisa ___, film starring Julia Roberts and Kirsten Dunst ( 5) 19 Supplementary ( 5) 20 Bird’s sound ( 5) 22 Guy, bloke ( 4)