DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

3. Reproduce an appropriate entrance, I hear (9) 8. Flat excavations (4) 9. Hurrying to get the gins an' mixers (9) 10. Raid in the street (6) 11. A wanderer? On the

contrary, insane (5) 14. A sense of spectacle (5) 15. Incline towards being thin (4) 16. Help for Northern Ireland gets misdirected to Asia (5) 18. A pledge made in the

boathouse (4) 20. Knock over the

firelighter (5) 21. Agree about being keen (5) 24. Choose the best (6) 25. Complete dismissal of a cockney's charity (3-3-3) 26. Examine love of prohibition (4) 27. Medical man consumed to a higher degree (9)

Down

1. Access to a confession (9) 2. Sum needed to get garage

built (9) 4. Study article carried by

Communist (4) 5. An area of occupation (5) 6. Angel I found to be pleasant (6) 7. Nurse in attendance (4) 9. Leaders having an interesting

time in a Caribbean republic (5) 11. Drain out at the lowest point (5) 12. Handed over an organ indeed (9) 13. Rising prices discovered by Ian in loft conversion (9) 17. An impasse, too, could involve an advantage (5) 19. Have not heard of a Hampshire

town (6) 22. The Spanish and the German

are senior (5) 23. Writer Victor shows love after

an embrace (4) 24. Fit costume (4)

QUICK CLUES: Across

3. Dare (9) 8. Vanquish (4) 9. Sue (9) 10. Character (6) 11. Curt (5) 14. Forefinger (5) 15. Flank (4) 16. Youthful (5) 18. Page (4) 20. Speak (5) 21. Artless (5) 24. Recess (6) 25. Gladly (9) 26. Sensible (4) 27. Save (9)

Down

1. Maxim (9) 2. Curator (9) 4. Charter (4) 5. Beam (5) 6. Shun (6) 7. Entrance (4) 9. Deputy (5) 11. Beast (5) 12. Invented (9) 13. Injured (9) 17. Ravine (5) 19. Dropped (6) 22. Poison (5) 23. Record (4) 24. Charity (4)