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DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES Across
1 Drag in a kitsch leprechaun (6)
5 Loose rocks almost put
on television (5)
9 A European king must
go to give assent (5)
10 Flavourless popular drink
I had (7)
11 Do some viewing from little
room with king! (4) 12 Laid-back, heartless
attempt at hospital unit (8)
16 Elaborately creates
male spy (6,5)
18 Vessels carrying volumes
of water round the east (8)
21 Alternate bargains from
milling residue (4)
23 Paper-folding beginning
shortly around morning (7) 24 Animal god in
mix-up (5)
25 Espouse a case raised on junction (5)
26 For example, Downone song (6)
2 Physical soldier captures enemy leader (9)
3 Ogle the French
Queen (4)
4 I adapt different pressure, said when heeded (4,9)
6 Feature a
country (5)
7 Boot out wild
civet (5)
8 Black book in
auction (5)
13 Our generation’s
hidden desire (4)
14 Sort of weather forecast for the Rockies? (4-5)
15 Let go for
nothing (4)
17 Bulb working with
charged particle (5)
19 Bitter free on account (5)
Helping hand for member having finished (3-2) A barrier for the man (4)
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QUICK CLUES
Across
1 Watching secretly (6)
5 Old roofing tile (5)
9 Urgency calling for speed (5)
10 Pariah (7)
11 Vibrating strip in an oboe (4)
12 Person just married (5-3)
16 Carbonated fruit drink (6,5)
18 Let go of, say
goodbye to (4,4)
21 Swerve (4)
23 Make known
(private information) (7)
24 Brags (5)
25 Colin ___, British actor (5)
26 Smile in a foolish way (6)
Down
2 Nearer the hind end (9)
3 List component (4)
4 Harlem ___,
basketball team (13)
6 Fortunate (5)
7 One of the five senses (5)
8 Amulet (5)
13 Committed perjury (4)
14 Healthy and nutritious (9)
15 Pack, put away (4)
17 Unattractively large
or bloated (5)
19 Defence to a criminal charge (5)
20 Mock (5)
22 Layer of dirt or froth on the
surface of a liquid (4)