Double Crossword
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 You people in the gift business (7,7) 10 Salesmen used car to see uni (11) 11 Managed to pull the wings off paper bird (3) 12 Open with a jolt (4) 13 Bombers slip one into Eliot, twice (10) 15 Comes to a realisation in an unconscious state (8) 16 Most people mean to succeed (6) 19 Charge for concealing record of vice (6) 21 Centipede’s tall enough to hold onto stand (8) 24 Girls at hen party are human beings too (10) 25 Sign of being long gone split! (4) 27 Oddly phobic about Maori dancer’s ball (3) 28 Agree in time to take out nicer shy son (11) 29 Somehow tie chapel in score from a meeting of the minds (14)
DOWN
2 Win back after performing miracle (7) 3 Wind up under second aircraft runner (4) 4 Number nosher regularly missed after doubling the amount of tripe (8) 5 German man stayed within city limits for fruit (6) 6 Shot up homes or let off in the bog (10) 7 A looser spray of insect repellent, maybe (7) 8 Pulls out any knives for gutting (5) 9 Well-rounded spear put in wrong sheath (8) 14 Puts up frames, crawls through frames (8,2) 17 Tramp finished piece of cake (8) 18 Fungi she cooked with Chinese discipline (4,4) 20 Only a bit prejudiced (7) 22 In addition, number of animals slaughtered turned one’s stomach (4,3) 23 Royal seal for some of the Zodiac, the last of the Balance and the first of the Twins (6) 24 Overseas worker overwhelmed by complex paternity case (5) 26 Roman vestment halved toll on gate (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Eye infection (14) 10 Person employed to manage domestic affairs (11) 11 Torn cloth (3) 12 Secret look (4) 13 Stretchiness (10) 15 * (8) 16 Gems (6) 19 Have a yearning for something (6) 21 Fruitful, productive (8) 24 Holy, inviolable (10) 25 Sunken fence (4) 27 Get older (3) 28 Harmful, injurious (11) 29 Biased, showing prejudice (14)
DOWN
2 Sumptuous, lavish (7) 3 Taunt, mock (4) 4 Unnecessary (8) 5 Office worker (6) 6 Very fine strands of pasta (10) 7 Motor driven by moving fluid (7) 8 Sodden, heavy with moisture (5) 9 Neck injury resulting from a car accident (8) 14 Sponger (10) 17 Friendly, outgoing (8) 18 Grip, purchase (8) 20 Core of an atom (7) 22 Overpraise (7) 23 Small domestic fowl (6) 24 Burn with hot water (5) 26 Weight (4)