{ THE CROSSWORDS }
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 An occasion for displaying one’s bloomers (6,4)
6 Stud manager (4)
10 It’s usual to leave things in them (5)
11 It’s up to a cafe to provide hot drink (1,3,2,3)
12 He’d put in a variety of clues in the timetable (8)
13 Want, we hear, to work as a masseur (5)
15 Girls and men said to be different (7)
17 He swears he’s a soldier (7)
19 Not pictured as sheathed (7)
21 New role man organised as a charity worker (7)
22 Goodbye to a Frenchman (5)
24 Dog raves after fruit (8)
27 Sid cheats perhaps and is punished (9)
28 Victor loses his head going round the bull (5)
29 Dispose of an outbuilding (4)
30 Stream of notes composed by Handel? (5,5)
DOWN
1 Bird with a notably loud hooter (4)
2 He won’t grow into an uncle (4,5)
3 Follow directions and prosecute (5)
4 Figures in U.S. taste, perhaps (7)
5 Being wealthy put Noel in an awkward position (7)
7 Way-out version of true love (5)
8 They’re not good reporters (10)
9 Devourer of knowledge (8)
14 They call for patient driving (10)
16 It’s clear the girl has a cute wiggle (8)
18 They are a sorry lot (9)
20 A coin is newly minted in Cyprus (7)
21 Shorten a river crossing? (7)
23 Silly Annie gets confused (5)
25 It’s self-evident a team gets the doctor back (5)
26 If there’s a man around, he’s from the U.S. (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Carefully selected (4-6)
6 Adjoin (4)
10 Sum offered as a prize (5)
11 Heedful (9)
12 Source of salvation in a crisis (8)
13 Third planet from the sun (5)
15 Intense delight (7)
17 Agitation (7)
19 Throw into confusion (7)
21 Room for cooking (7)
22 Fatigued (5)
24 Cram into a tight space (8)
27 French operetta composer (9)
28 A woman at her wedding (5)
29 Microorganism (4)
30 Observer of an event (10)
DOWN
1 Chance of success (4)
2 A bulbous flowering plant (9)
3 Vex (5)
4 Lucidity (7)
5 Implore (7)
7 Tangled mass of prickly plants (5)
8 Conform to expected standards (3,3,4)
9 Behind closed doors (2,6)
14 Obstinately self-willed (10)
16 Existing in plentiful supply (8)
18 Or else (9)
20 Region of central Italy (7)
21 Expertise (4-3)
23 Pass on for consideration (5)
25 Usual practice (5)
26 An optical device (4)