DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Snag when trimming thick mug (6) 5 Note to lift one’s hat to fieldsman (3-3) 10 Shoestring classified as ragged (9) 11 Symbol of the gut? (5) 12 Entranced by bear talk (6) 13 Somehow look a ham in a musical (8) 15 Absolutely nothing and anything but a fight (3,1,5) 16 Omit composition with loud, recurring theme (5) 18 Absurdity of cycle being included in price of journey (5) 20 Dreary routine of cash machine being broken into by armed miscreant (9) 22 One caught by in wild tempest at it’s most desolate (8) 24 Aren’t nervous about taking over opposing hotel (6) 26 And finally overacting as a herd (5) 27 Across church carpet (9) 28 Excitedly gab about lyric in store for the Spanish (6) 29 Varying ratios of enlightenment (6)
DOWN
2 Cross the rubicon at the place where they’re hatched (9) 3 Tears strips off floor coverings (7) 4 Heart of mine with his head (4) 5 Slander on captain being a fish out of water? (10) 6 Hold forth on medical training (7) 7 Fool to make a case for heading on initial page (5) 8 Impersonating WC in competitive arenas (7,6) 9 Fraudulent accounting item is an offence to the householder (8,5) 14 Naughty child is extruding rock from capital (10) 17 Prune trees, perhaps unwisely in one third of pregnancies (9) 19 Record unconventional niece as androgynous (7) 21 Police search tranvestite web (7) 23 Post office seizes stolen picture (5) 25 Dance music captivating birds (4)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Military marksman (6) 5 Verbose, long-winded (6) 10 SW American state (3,6) 11 Tower supporting power lines (5) 12 Weaken; hinder (6) 13 Viewing aperture (4-4) 15 Curve formed by a conic section (9) 16 Respond to a stimulus (5) 18 Inaccuracy (5) 20 Mississippi town, site a 1863 Civil War battle (9) 22 Cabinet (8) 24 Tap (6) 26 Inventor of dynamite (5) 27 Burrowing, plate-covered South American animal (9) 28 Pour from one container to another (6) 29 Written findings (6)
DOWN
2 Weekly or daily publication (9) 3 First in rank or degree (7) 4 Sudden surprise attack (4) 5 Place of origin (10) 6 In theory, not put into practice (2,5) 7 Ice house (5) 8 Freedom from ignorance (13) 9 Police inquiry (13) 14 Knowing thoroughly, familiar with (10) 17 Friendly, like an uncle (9) 19 Australian parrot (7) 21 Solo comedy act (5-2) 23 Aristocrat (5) 25 Arab ruler (4)