Double Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 One with a twitch

found it vinegary (6)

5 Up high in an attic (5)

9 Impressive display by

a fish, it is said (5)

10 Ship’s favourable

result (7)

11 Very dry tailless

creature (4)

12 Scowled when Greek leader was put down (8)

16 Diesel train, fit for

habitation? (11)

18 Devise problem beside number to drop sharply (8)

21 Soundly chain wild

feline (4)

23 Abridge Nash or

Tennyson content (7) 24 During March, aired

the seat (5)

25 Deadly sin of lions? (5) 26 Relative in the NHS (6)

DOWN

2 Revellers love to be embraced by motorists (9)

3 Playthings centre

lacking two, yes (4)

4 Crass evil in TV reformed goverment workers (5,8)

6 Moving supply through

split hedge (5)

7 Strong point of fifth

citadel? (5)

8 Is allowed to live,

perhaps (5)

13 Comedians’

intelligence (4)

14 Prepared Edam turnover, though not to individual order (5‑4) 15 Sounds like current’s connected (4)

17 Strain river, right? (5) 19 Alternative parent heading off (5)

20 Strayed in tower redevelopment (5) 22 Experts at cards? (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Elaborate cream cake (6) 5 Pig (5)

9 Upper House of

Parliament (5) 10 Dark cell (7) 11 Aromatic ointment (4) 12 Child’s model railway (5,3) 16 Reclusive religious

life (11) 18 Words of

congratulation (4,4) 21 Animal enclosure (4) 23 Italian dish of filled

‘cushions’ (7) 24 Small unit of weight (5) 25 Arrange in a row (5) 26 Wanting more than your

fair share (6)

DOWN

2 First‑of‑the‑month

chump! (5,4)

3 Towards the rising of

the Sun (4)

4 Grasping the meaning

of (13)

6 Horse‑drawn cart (5)

7 Opposite of ‘all’ or

‘everybody’ (2‑3)

8 Shakespeare’s

playhouse in London (5) 13 Irritation of the skin (4)

14 Nourished (9)

15 Stiff paper (4)

17 Number of deadly sins (5) 19 Message sent online (5) 20 Deceitful (5)

22 Shoulder‑frame for

carrying buckets (4)