Double Crossword
ACROSS
1 Decoration for a party press baron's business? (5,5) 6 Ground-breaking time for amphibian (4) 10 Smart wagon left unguarded in the city (7) 11 Weight of gold in the back seat (7) 12 Showed up outside foreign soil in one's underwear (8) 13 Grasp that blarney's only interpretable within limits (5) 15 Chooses to play in WC? (6) 16 Swinger to finish university amongst the best (8) 19 Comb out and gain new knitwear (8) 21 Back part of elaborate monogram or not at all (6) 24 Solemn promises turn to ash (5) 26 Plant and seabird absorbed a lot of coral (4,4) 28 A pleated top and paler working attire (7) 29 Diffusion of particles are scattered round by the sun (7) 30 Partly concealed in the old days (4) 31 The dragon's growing stiffnecked (10)
DOWN
1 Plump for a tooth cleaner? (4) 2 Armed vessel to avert pier disaster (9) 3 Set pieces are finished (7) 4 Ring outside, but not inside a bird (6) 5 Their end shook, showing a lack of balance? (2,3,3) 7 Opponent failed to finish before a washout (5) 8 Threw tantrum, one during competition (10) 9 In the raw or out of boiling cauldron (6) 14 Fuss down below if a coin struck the fan (10) 17 Scour dishes after meat and drink (9) 18 Let's bail be organised from jail (8) 20 Underwrite archaeology centre that underwrites restoration of ruins (6) 22 Start if startled to begin with (2,5) 23 Explosive case for unravelling endless red tape (6) 25 Best in class, 22-down and subject (5) 27 What's killed by pellets or bullet? (4)
FRIDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: - 1 Teenage. 5 Sumatra. 9 Ascot. 10 Chastened. 11 Perversity. 12 Cram. 14 Sitter. 15 As one man. 17 Standing. 19 Chapel. 22 Urdu. 23 Sperm whale. 26 Theocracy. 27 Noose. 28 Hassock. 29 Ecstasy.
Down: - 1 Tramp. 2 Excerpt. 3 At the ready. 4 Excise. 5 Smartish. 6 Mote. 7 Tangram. 8 Abdominal. 13 In the wings. 14 Sasquatch. 16 Knapsack. 18 Address. 20 Pianola. 21 Argyle. 24 Enemy. 25 Echo.
ACROSS
1 Timber feller (10) 6 Bundle up in paper or cloth (4) 10 Key person in an organisation (7) 11 Cold-storage unit (7) 12 Person devoted to beauty and art (8) 13 Rich Austrian cake (5) 15 Diplomatic messengers (6) 16 Gigantic (8) 19 Vision (8) 21 Arrival (6) 24 Item for discussion (5) 26 Expression of ecstatic enthusiasm (8) 28 Woman of great power (7) 29 Rich fabric woven with raised patterns (7) 30 Semester (4) 31 Frontrunner (10)
DOWN
1 Large pond (4) 2 Tactical movement (9) 3 Fellow feeling (7) 4 Beset by bad luck (6) 5 Stimulant in coffee (8) 7 Shaving implement (5) 8 Contrariness (10) 9 Borrower (6) 14 Bitterness, ill will (10) 17 Money owed on a bank account (9) 18 Personal magnetism (8) 20 Divisions of a foot (6) 22 Take off one's clothes (7) 23 Prattle (6) 25 Broadsheet or tabloid (5) 27 Sustain (4)
FRIDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: - 1 Buckled. 5 Develop. 9 Phlox. 10 Fertilise. 11 Detachment. 12 Tutu. 14 Jostle. 15 Referees. 17 Damaging. 19 Rector. 22 Cost. 23 Equatorial. 26 Overwhelm. 27 Eager. 28 Scrumpy. 29 Coterie.
Down: - 1 Biped. 2 Colitis. 3 Lexicology. 4 Defame. 5 Deranged. 6 Vein. 7 Leisure. 8 Precursor. 13 Benevolent. 14 Judicious. 16 Uniquely. 18 Masseur. 20 Trigger. 21 Tarmac. 24 Large. 25 Swim.