DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 A maths problem brings complaint (6)

5 Told to hunt wading bird (5)

9 Cut back manuscript for tests (5) 10 After first light, set fire to fuel (7) 11 Obliged to pay nothing to get married (4)

12 Urge bosses to become intellectuals (8)

16 Power corrupted recognised court action (11) 18 Asian city I held? (3,5)

21 Fuel undervalued to some extent (4)

23 Old country played another country (7)

24 Spanish leader abandoning old Swiss currency (5)

25 Jewel found amongst robbery loot (5) 26 Second statement of beliefs is long piece of writing (6)

Down

2 Crop protector makes Mark cower anew (9) 3 Sound coming from this snake (4) 4 In dispute over the old garages (2,11)

6 Metal, for example, turning up colour (5) 7 Collapse of trade is assessed (5)

8 Saw number appearing (5)

13 Greeting bad weather (4)

14 Gather material to be mixed with cement (9) 15 Some land over in Invercargill (4)

17 Boot out wild civet (5) 19 Strange eastern lake (5)

20 Dirty untidy study (5) 22 Can be seen in the safari from a long way off (4)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Goal‑getter (6)

5 Stage whisper (5)

9 Men’s gymnastics apparatus (5)

10 Mandible (7)

11 Iota, tiny amount (4)

12 Damned (8)

16 Shed or barn, eg (11)

18 Trifling (8)

21 Thin fog (4)

23 High‑ranking army officer (7)

24 Oyster’s stone (5)

25 Restless, fidgety (5)

26 Harass, bother (6)

Down

2 Without interruption (9)

3 Flushed, pink (4)

4 Publisher’s brush‑off (9,4) 6 Clear‑headed (5)

7 Move rhythmically to music (5) 8 Give a disapproving look (5) 13 Loosen (4)

14 Group of lottery entrants (9)

15 With skill (4)

17 Stem of a plant (5)

19 Accomplished (5)

20 Hanger‑on (5)

22 Orang‑utans, chimpanzees etc (4)