THE CROSSWORDS
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 May I not purchase a large supporting bracket? (10)
6 It can’t be passed in silence (4)
10 I break bail in order to prove I was elsewhere (5) 11 Make successful attempt to prove beard is false (4,2,3)
12 It seems to me to be the old way of saying it (8) 13 Got down to making a proposal? (5)
15 Ready for fuel he’d ordered (7)
17 A race between two poles and an Arab (7) 19 Shaw is out and out failure (4-3)
21 Ordains an arrangement for smoothing things out (7)
22 He has skill on an organ (5)
24 A compulsory turnout (8)
27 About to be included in a combat plane built to take cargo (9)
28 American lawyer without force or emotion (5) 29 Nips of liquor that ought to stimulate initially (4) 30 Italian city man squashed into a plane (10)
DOWN
1 A meeting of hands to express approval (4) 2 Lionesses may be completely quiet (9)
3 Flag over hospital in Dublin perhaps (5) 4 When there’s a change of plea, men select a jury (7)
5 Listens out and follows the recruiting officer’s plea (7)
7 Swiss river heron in distress (5)
8 He can rely on a permanent occupation (4,6) 9 Ken tried clumsily and did the job amateurishly (8)
14 Keep arguing - like Mrs Sprat does (4,3,3) 16 Every plot, by the way, will have one (8) 18 Bird, bulb or insect (9)
20 It may support the board (7)
21 It’s important to one’s standing as a rider (7) 23 Rep may get an order (5)
25 Such a river has its ups and downs (5) 26 Assumed, we hear, to give notice (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Utterly forsaken (10)
6 Check flow of (4)
10 Discourage (5)
11 Gradual eating away (9)
12 A subsidiary activity (8) 13 Recurrent theme (5)
15 In approximate terms (7) 17 Control and put to use (7) 19 Approve openly (7)
21 Merry (7)
22 On many occasions (5) 24 System of physical exercises (8) 27 Meddlesome (9)
28 Come into being (5) 29 Republic of Ireland (4)
30 Sign of imminent failure (5,5) DOWN 1 Lose colour (4)
2 Fascinated (9)
3 Tend in sickness (5)
4 Fortunately (7)
5 Harsh shrill cry (7)
7 Distort (5)
8 Obviously (10)
9 Trade (8)
14 Realistic (4,2,4)
16 A ranting speech (8) 18 Reproducing result intended (9) 20 Study in detail (7)
21 Item of clothing (7)
23 Private teacher (5) 25 Expressionless (5)
26 To cut down (4)