CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
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CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1 Join in, wine and fish (7) 5 Extensive, composed of mules (7)
10 Many small bubbles of fluid in the morning (4) 11 Insufficient money for a biscuit (10)
12 The French graduate seen off as exotic (8)
13 New phase includes Republican climber (6)
14 Thirty days in Capri – lovely (5)
16 Wire those bananas in a different way (9)
19 Matter not quite so untold (9) 21 European nerd holds record, initially (5)
23 Models get broken, but not very often (6)
25 For every salon, involvement is private (8)
27 Fool confuses torment and variety (10)
28 Georgia and yours truly are willing (4)
29 Innocent when gallery is devoid of paintings (7) 30 Fancy a bit of America (7)
Down
2 Superior to sailor, almost finished (5)
3 Block people coming up with a curse (9)
4 Traces out a wheel (6)
6 Detest running after French article is not examined (8) 7 Peers fancy a wild binge (5) 8 A mate’s pet concoction is filling (4,5)
9 Plantation is wrong of the others (6)
15 Declare gold to be academic (9)
17 Gone off to river, pursuing affectionate hawk (9)
18 Plant is caught by its male variety (8)
20 Pets reforming alien group (6)
22 Savage has some champagne with a Liberal (6)
24 Doctor rings apprentice to show considerable desire (5) 26 Dream about having some means of destruction (5)
QUICK CLUES
Across
1 Food fish (7) 5 Excessive (7)
10 Froth (4)
11 Crumbly biscuit (10) 12 Middle Eastern nationality (8) 13 Himalayan mountaineer (6) 14 Month (5)
16 Apart from that (9) 19 Innumerable (9)
21 European (5) 23 Infrequently (6) 25 Distinctive (8) 27 Array (10) 28 Pastime (4) 29 Without guile (7) 30 US state (7)
Down
2 Higher than (5) 3 Eternal punishment (9)
4 Type of sugar (6)
6 Not proven (8) 7 Unrestrained bout (5) 8 Sandwich filling (4,5) 9 Wooded area (6) 15 University academic (9) 17 Militarist (9)
18 Climbing plant (8) 20 Seven-piece group (6) 22 Vicious (6)
24 Salivate (5) 26 Weapon-bearing (5)