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)