Double Crossword

Across

3. Usual disguise for army scout (9)

8. Shakespearean heroine losing a musical instrument (4)

9. Past master? (9)

10. The rod distorted in the furnace, maybe (3-3)

11. Free from blame - bound over (5)

14. What Americans pay for rabbits (5)

15. Lift, we hear, to bring down to ground level (4)

16. Vehicles that could make a fashionable come-back (5)

18. Is sufficient for fourteen mates (4)

20. Damp, round figure seen in the haze (5)

21. A devil or two (5)

24. One fairly representative of womanhood (6)

25. The thug produces a razor (3-6)

26. Unhappy member of university team (4)

27. Draw one's attention to the conclusion by a number of plebiscites (9)

Down

1. All found in the cemetery! (9)

2. Acted as guide and made people keep to time (9)

4. Just one military body (4)

5. To converse endlessly, giving the full account (5)

6. Kind of board put between bricks (6)

7. Genuine piece of angling equipment, one hears (4)

9. Give a lift to one in the army (5)

11. To do some begging is almost cowardly (5)

12. Logical principle to make a restricted allocation of beer! (9)

13. Was apprehensive about the description of birds (9)

17. The sea-food was obnoxious (5)

19. Discharge what is due to the bench (6)

22. Different 11 to take part in a joint operation (5)

23. Fish not caught, by the sound of it (4)

24. Sounds like the way music is written for the strolling player (4)

Quick puzzle

Across

3. Link (9)

8. Adjudicators (4)

9. Calm (9)

10. Envoy (6)

11. Condition (5)

14. Outcast (5)

15. Therefore (4)

16. Hillock (5)

18. Period (4)

20. Above (5)

21. Contact (5)

24. Find (6)

25. Daubed (9)

26. Prosecuted (4)

27. Dynamite (9)

Down

1. Cry out (9)

2. Convey (9)

4. Spirit (4)

5. Frank (5)

6. Urge (6)

7. Timbre (4)

9. Trick (5)

11. Laziness (5)

12. Wrong (9)

13. Courage (9)

17. Idled (5)

19. Titbit (6)

22. Board game (5)

23. Wire (4)

24. Diesel oil (4)

Thursday's solutions

CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Cups; 3 Barracks; 8 Ream; 9 Compared; 11 Intersection; 13 Adrift; 14 At will; 17 Contemporary; 20 Drawback; 21 Dodo; 22 Suspense; 23 Bass.

Down: 1 Cardinal; 2 Psalter; 4 Atones; 5 Repetition; 6 Curio; 7 Side; 10 Profitable; 12 Playboys; 15 In a coma; 16 Smacks; 18 Orals; 19 Adds.

QUICK - Across: 1 East; 3 Wondrous; 8 Each; 9 Airfield; 11 Presentiment; 13 Assume; 14 Stupor; 17 Aristocratic; 20 Imprison; 21 Shoo; 22 Endanger; 23 Eros.

Down: 1 Exemplar; 2 Success; 4 Opiate; 5 Defamatory; 6 Ocean; 7 Side; 10 Permission; 12 Precious; 15 Pitcher; 16 Morose; 18 Rapid; 19 Fire.