DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 Trial, or compromise (6)

5 Shy boy needs identification (5)

9 Surpass former prison

room, we hear (5)

10 How the spirit is weakened? (7)

11 Soft insect first to make

short sound (4)

12 Obstinate rep rejected poetry (8)

16 Aristocrat in Maltese

development to vent anger (3,3,5) 18 Ed and Norman worried, held pending a hearing (2,6)

21 Man, perhaps, lies about (4)

23 Duck walk following leader

of turkeys, nonsense (7)

24 One is returning having

year in the country (5)

25 Law broken after British

Rail to fight (5)

26 Walk – on the way,

travel (6)

Down

2 Criminal tennis

player? (9)

3 Some feel sure that they’re fish (4)

4 Designers fail to reproduce okra (6,7)

6 Become hard

in river (5)

7 Plans a side

scuppered (5)

8 Local match in English city (5)

13 Investigates

animal doctors (4)

14 Restored confidence, while certain to be in the red (9)

15 Downfall of a party with no Across opening music (4) 1 Strong disinfectant (6)

17 Authentic first 5 Warble (5) name included – 9 Custom (5) it’s to do with 10 Satirical attack (7) the kidneys (5) 11 Continuous pain (4)

12 Hive resident (5-3)

19 Northern

16 Having a short fuse (3-8) vessel is more 18 German ___, modern (5) Alsatian dog (8)

20 Bequeath 21 Related (4) how widow 23 Guacamole ingredient (7) and sparrow 24 Field of sporting finish? (5) contests (5)

22 Selfish person 25 Dummy bullet (5)

contrived ruse (4) 26 Underhand (6)

QUICK CLUES

Down

2 Repulsive (9)

3 Yonks? (4)

4 Famous room

at Versailles (4,2,7)

6 Give an answer (5)

7 Baggy (5)

8 Caster or granulated, eg (5)

13 Cagily observed (4)

14 Frighteningly fast (9)

15 Draw with acid (4)

17 Person related

by marriage (2-3)

19 Poor dwelling (5)

20 Edible nut of the

hickory tree (5)

22 Compelled (4)