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THE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 It is beyond the directors to be honest (5,5) 6 Far Eastern food (4) 10 Delay and yield to another’s wishes (5) 11 Decade with restrictions for every weekday (9) 12 Back number (8) 13 He will shortly get a ring, so he says (5) 15 Conditions that might affect mail etc (7) 17 Voyage to the East on board shipping lines (7) 19 A capital lager is brewed here (7) 21 Wrong name for an individual flower (7) 22 Medical man attached to stern order (5) 24 An old 20-franc piece lost at Waterloo (8) 27 Always be brave and don’t worry (5,4) 28 A maxim Tom turns to (5) 29 Shakespeare shows determination (4) 30 Point to one duke or another (10)
DOWN
1 He goes after Norm in northern France (4) 2 Away jump the children (9) 3 Hesitantly stated a colour and was wrong (5) 4 Comply with notice (7) 5 Rebels about some measures of power (7) 7 Character in The Tempest or one in Lear maybe (5) 8 Seat of Zeus is re-established in the orient (4,2,4) 9 Having responsibility in attack (2,6) 14 Conditions produced by ocean winds oddly enough (3,3,4) 16 Opening for a photographer (8) 18 Not an original pot shot at reforms (9) 20 It’s true I will appear in the screen version (7) 21 Clothes appear wrong when put on a number (7) 23 Forger’s block (5) 25 It gets squeezed into an inadequate vehicle (5) 26 Turn on a fool (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 First sci-fi writer (5,5) 6 Paint crudely (4) 10 Burn superficially (5) 11 Diamond of finest cut (9) 12 Facade (8) 13 Seek by begging (5) 15 Dishonourable (7) 17 Action to boost self-esteem (3,4) 19 Originator (7) 21 Momentous (7) 22 Of more inferior quality (5) 24 Break (8) 27 US President 1933-45 (9) 28 Stringed musical instrument (5) 29 Locate (4) 30 Constant (10)
DOWN
1 Exactly (4) 2 Covering distant future (4-5) 3 Enforcing discipline (5) 4 Encompass (7) 5 Artlessness (7) 7 To grant (5) 8 Painful necessity to accept (6,4) 9 Suddenly lose consciousness (5,3) 14 Soften criticism unduly (5,5) 16 Severely beaten (8) 18 Allusion (9) 20 Revive (7) 21 Knock to the ground (7) 23 Henhouse (5) 25 Food provided in household (5) 26 Person in charge (4)