{ THE CROSSWORDS }
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Ignorant, as I will keep on saying (10) 6 Hitman, nothing less than tough maybe (4) 10 In these classes children take a point to heart (5) 11 Being in the wrong scene with the wrong exit (9) 12 Nevertheless last (5,3)
13 A strange yarn about a European (5)
15 Old instrument to strip, nevertheless (7)
17 US golfer putting about on one green (7) 19 More than one slice of the right allotment of shares (7)
21 Lives in a dress that is slovenly (7)
22 A patch put on a cuff, perhaps (5)
24 Bill is cut short, strange to tell (8)
27 He stows away at the docks (9)
28 Girl with love for a cowboy (5)
29 Act either way (4)
30 Unusual task a bored youngster may busy himself with (10)
DOWN
1 They may be well held (4)
2 Seen when chins drop? (4,5) 3 Discrimination a cannibal appreciates in people (5) 4 A recent reform put through again (2-5)
5 One of three allowed to finish a journey (7) 7 The sweetest American endearment (5)
8 It’s of growing importance to the serious gardener (10)
9 Guides about a thousand ships (8)
14 Put outside society - that’s what makes it so sacred (10)
16 Gets inspiration from the braes (8)
18 The country encircling one’s country? (9) 20 Long John Silver’s line (3-4)
21 Petition from Queer Street (7)
23 Neat looker, that’s Daisy! (5) 25 Spontaneous remark unusually bald, I admitted (2-3)
26 Charge the boy nothing to go in (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 In confrontation (4,2,4) 6 Trade exhibition (4) 10 Reject with contempt (5) 11 To a sickening degree (2,7) 12 Punish severely (8) 13 Degree of slope (5)
15 Brief biography (7) 17 Trade (7) 19 Ostensible (7)
21 Hidden danger (7)
22 To be found (5) 24 Afflicted (8) 27 Expression of disapproval (9) 28 Under way (5) 29 Unpleasantly moist (4) 30 Reveller (10)
DOWN
1 To blend (4)
2 Shown to be in error (6,3) 3 North African capital (5) 4 Easily broken (7)
5 Call in question (7) 7 Wide-awake (5) 8 Tumbledown (10)
9 Take the place of (8) 14 Engaged in mischief (2,2,2,4) 16 Instantly (2,1,5)
18 Basic structure (9) 20 Notwithstanding (7) 21 Business associate (7) 23 Spicy style of cooking (5) 25 Demand as a right (5) 26 Commotion (4)