{ THE CROSSWORDS }

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Port worker who doesn’t carry so much weight? (10)

6 What have you here? (4)

10 A girl of Roman extraction (5) 11 Promise to look after one’s funeral? (9) 12 He wants to raise the standard of living (8) 13 Is a short account for a patriarch (5) 15 Very eager for everybody to go back after a key (3,4)

17 These clubs may need a licence (7) 19 Waiting to be stocked (2,5) 21 Treatment received by troops losing Turkish capital (7)

22 Now it changes, being pulled (2,3) 24 Travelling after the game (2,6)

27 The present perfect? (5,4)

28 Badly riled, but he does nothing (5)

29 Dies about eleven, perhaps (4) 30 Dropping off can be a problem for them (10)

DOWN

1 Feline connections, we hear (4) 2 Mouth-watering church decorations (9) 3 A temple ornament? (5)

4 Planning the way when touring around (7) 5 Made a searching examination, by all accounts (7)

7 Pack animal going up a shopping centre (5) 8 Training for employment (10)

9 Falling behind on the track (8)

14 Aids Alec if it is required (10)

16 Kindly feeling as expressed by a satisfied legatee? (8)

18 Male reads about girl from Notre Dame (9) 20 A feeling of easterly movement (7) 21 Arise Sir Otto and get some food! (7)

23 A step in trade reform (5)

25 Pretend to sound desirous (5)

26 Bends and breaks cars (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Restate in different words (10) 6 Explosion (4)

10 Tree of Acer genus (5)

11 One blamed for others’ sins (9) 12 Closing date (8)

13 To erect (3,2)

15 Behind arrival time (7) 17 Continue determinedly (5,2) 19 Endeavour (7) 21 Transient (7)

22 Muscular strength (5) 24 Glass-sided fish tank (8) 27 Fivefold (9)

28 Clearing in forest (5) 29 Besides (4)

30 Colony (10)

DOWN

1 Question persistently (4) 2 Act on behalf of (9)

3 To offer in excuse (5) 4 Interval of relief (7) 5 Drastic reorganisation (5-2) 7 Overhead (5)

8 Energy and drive (3-2-3-2) 9 Dependent on others (8) 14 Southeast African country (10) 16 Tower over (8)

18 Specify as condition (9) 20 Tread roughly under foot (7) 21 Wisely cautious (7) 23 Wrong (5)

25 Swindler (5)

26 Come into contact (4)