Crossword
Cryptic Crossword
Across
3. Commercial enterprise can be an escapade (9)
8. Uncommon artist and engineer (4)
9. Be a spokesman concerning a gift (9)
10. Terribly odd jewel of a car (6)
14. A little bit of discretion (5)
15. Style and vigour shown in lane-changing (4)
16. Where you might cook with terrible anger (5)
18. Does rewrite some poetry (4)
20. Musicians without the aid of safety precautions (5)
21. She's in France (5)
24. A number in the vessel are powerful (6)
25. Collecting stamps like a man at a place in Cambs. (9)
26. Hate to run a preliminary race (4)
27. Ladykiller? (9)
Down
1. Routine set up without a girl learning (9)
2. Made rents change for shopkeepers (9)
4. Consider the river at Maidenhead (4)
5. Strange-sounding nest (5)
6. Is suet made out of paper? (6)
7. Opening property payment (4)
9. Allude to an unnoticeable turnaround (5)
11. After a short time the marshal gets cash (5)
12. And the Queen in a toboggan is defamed (9)
13. Establish a building (9)
17. Messenger seen during the maiden voyage (5)
19. Deals I arranged having gone by boat (6)
22. React badly, but provide what is needed (5)
23. You might be old (4)
24. And drink up about a litre (4)
Quick puzzle
Across
3. Tool (9)
8. Nearest (4)
9. Hateful (9)
10. Followed (6)
11. Exhaust (5)
14. Step (5)
15. Manage (4)
16. Gaiters (5)
18. Formerly (4)
20. Devout (5)
21. Devoid (5)
24. Older (6)
25. Guaranteed (9)
26. Draw (4)
27. Sitting (9)
Down
1. Beginning (9)
2. Being (9)
4. Temper (4)
5. Afterwards (5)
6. Occult (6)
7. Call (4)
9. Loans (5)
11. Journal (5)
12. Infamous (9)
13. Unhurried (9)
17. Velocity (5)
19. Appear (6)
22. Dogma (5)
23. Visage (4)
24. Prophet (4)
Thursday's solutions
CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Mica; 3 Sea-power; 8 Rosy; 9 Parsifal; 11 Theatre-goers; 13 Manner; 14 Handle; 17 Stock-holders; 20 Intrepid; 21 Born; 22 Oversees; 23 Stud. Down: 1 Mark time; 2 Cistern; 4 Enamel; 5 Pastorally; 6 Wafer; 7 Roll; 10 Stretchers; 12 Reasoned; 15 Dies out; 16 Chaise; 18 To the; 19 Lido.
QUICK - Across: 1 Posy; 3 Consumer; 8 Ajar; 9 Insomnia; 11 Take no notice; 13 Candid; 14 Pimple; 17 Accept defeat; 20 Cinnamon; 21 Mire; 22 Tenderly; 23 News. Down: 1 Practice; 2 Slacken; 4 Owning; 5 Short-lived; 6 Manic; 7 Roam; 10 Incinerate; 12 Restless; 15 Premise; 16 Stroll; 18 Canon; 19 Scot.