{ THE CROSSWORDS }
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Pull leg about being in bed that’s untidy (10)
6 Utterly rude and cross (4)
10 Set sail on Eastern passage (5)
11 Pays liars to make a complaint (9)
12 Encouraging applause? (8)
13 German city shows unusual sense (5)
15 Their accounts may be all at sea (7)
17 A number agreed to be corrected, being humble (7)
19 Went into liquidation when working hard? (7) 21 Small things that cause a lot of ill-feeling (7) 22 Flier appears to steal in (5)
24 Useful people showing diplomacy in studies (8) 27 Questions are asked when such a group activity is broadcast (5,4)
28 Not here again after the start (5)
29 Formerly in older style (4)
30 Our respect will be misplaced for such an oppressor (10)
DOWN
1 Be a socially-acceptable lover (4)
2 Put out fire (9)
3 Put oil on some crane levers (5)
4 They have no settled occupation (7)
5 Angered - or could be angered (7)
7 Deserted place of refreshment? (5)
8 Don’t allow to succeed? (10)
9 Being so one may react rashly with unusual ill-grace (8)
14 Sign for a missing letter (10)
16 Snare ten squirming fish (8)
18 A share in the plot (9)
20 Possibly cleared to authorise dividend payment (7)
21 They prohibit flags (7)
23 It’s good in France and America to get extra money (5)
25 Athenian garret (5)
26 Decapitated their son may be (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Close together (4,2,4)
6 Incentive (4)
10 Great enjoyment (5)
11 Shame (9)
12 First night of film (8)
13 A criminal (5)
15 Abominable (7)
17 Metal wind instrument (7)
19 Deep purplish red (7)
21 Apparent (7)
22 Violent weather (5)
24 Appeased (8)
27 Insulting (9)
28 Clumsy (5)
29 An accepted standard (4)
30 Bavarian leather shorts (10)
DOWN
1 Profoundly wise person (4)
2 Worthy (9)
3 Flower (5)
4 Sorrow (7)
5 Ancestry (7)
7 Wander stealthily (5)
8 Urgently enthusiastic (6,2,2)
9 Hair style (8)
14 Gesture of disapproval (6,4)
16 Decorative object (8)
18 Invaluable (9)
20 Inform (7)
21 To hide (7)
23 Express willingness (5)
25 Confidence (5)
26 Knock unconscious (4)