CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
NO.688
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CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1 Bartok’s first duet sent round for first performance (5) 4 Engineers quiet about his heart being strong (9) 9 Customer service makes terribly fat queen worry (9)
10 Star attorney included some land (5)
11 Wrong fins are used – turn left (6) 12 Polite wife returns artist to local conflict (5,3)
14 Person most hostile to building? (9) 15 Phantom hog distressed university student (5)
17 Bean shows a sign of life (5) 19 Enlisted man is against writing (9)
22 Preliminary set played in wind (8)
24 Go up when about to finish (6) 26 Moving near a sporting venue (5)
27 A ruse thus set out in a book (9) 28 Daughter is to run for release (9)
29 Book for a pound, with hesitation (5)
Down
1 Ease dad out of a body of water (4,3)
2 Out of lab – a tonic made of plants (9)
3 Suffering is wrong next to river (7)
4 Move around in European capital, we hear (4)
5 Defining notes, if looking round (10)
6 Flogging fish, has trouble inside (7)
7 Fund energy, down, out of sorts (5)
8 Trend involved one large part of a plant (7)
13 Place rotor, broken, in drinks brewer (10)
16 Girl, dull, a shade military (5,4) 17 Horse gets food with nothing on top (7)
18 First person heard clean nonsense (7)
20 As cats reviewed a frozen dessert (7)
21 Nice reward for a cleaner? (4,3) 23 Measures a dance-pop group (5) 25 Some zealot going round for starters (4)
QUICK CLUES
Across
1 First appearance (5) 4 Quick to recover (9) 9 Post-purchase support (9)
10 African country (5) 11 Immoral (6)
12 Conflict among country’s citizens (5,3) 14 Hostile person (9)
15 Evil spirit (5)
17 Rhythmical throbbing (5) 19 Person enlisted compulsorily (9)
22 Wind blowing to the west (8) 24 Climb (6) 26 Amphitheatre (5) 27 Wordfinder (9) 28 Carry out (9) 29 Collection of recordings (5)
Down
1 Salt lake below sea level (4,3)
2 Relating to plant life (9) 3 Infliction of pain (7) 4 Wander (4)
5 Identifying clearly (10) 6 Whipping (7)
7 Bequeath an income (5) 8 Threadlike part of plant (7)
13 Coffee machine (10) 16 Military colour (5,4)
17 Black and white (7) 18 Insincere talk (7)
20 Italian ice cream (7) 21 Substantial amount of money (4,3)
23 Paces (5)
25 Greek hors d’oeuvres (4)