DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Losers rushed into a sort of lasso (4,4)

5 Clue is lost in drain (6) 10 Migrant turned on cuckoo (5)

11 Others end struggle when cut down (9) 12 Environmentalist supports American capital (10)

13 Right or left side by French street (4)

15 The neverending nation in northern Greece (6) 17 Rebellious boy needs skilful confinement (7)

20 Put off a record player and run out after orchestra leader (7)

21 Object to be posted again (6)

24 Conduct heavy metal (4) 25 Voyeur to quietly interrupt urinating cat (7,3) 28 Polish to admit international leaders make do (9)

29 Cat acted on cue (5) 30 Walked on after half an hour in fast car (3,3) 31 Working on centre of furniture fabric (8)

DOWN

1 Deny spilling bean on entrance (8)

2 Unspecified number captured Frenchman in WWI battle (5)

3 Whip some of Yorkshire’s fruits (6,4)

4 Caribbean capital renovated saunas (6)

6 Tale translated behind time (4)

7 Caring one treated blindness (9)

8 Bleeding heart checks out counter currents (6) 9 Swaggering about how he was born an East Ender (7) 14 Unusual pet fooling around in a backyard enclosure (6,4)

16 Dignitary’s welcome to have retraced movements after seizing power (3,6) 18 Nation of workers enshrined in song (7) 19 Frantic step made in a rush (8)

22 Turn red about one being a little azure (6) 23 Show up a very quiet listener (6)

26 Catch up on some woodwork (5)

27 Song and dance requiring action (2-2)

ACROSS

1 Brothel (8)

5 Cosmetics (4-2) 10 Celebrities (5) 11 Workman’s overalls (9) 12 Hollywood’s city (3,7) 13 Make bread (4)

15 Ski race (6)

17 Contempt, scorn (7) 20 At the side (7)

21 Lunch on the grass (6) 24 Impatiently curious (4) 25 Large island off the east coast of Africa (10) 28 Produce plants by grafting or cuttings (9) 29 Inundated (5) 30 Methodology, organisation (6) 31 Marooned (8)

QUICK DOWN

1 Without foundation (8) 2 Large amounts of paper (5)

3 US general and 34th president (10)

4 Account book (6) 6 Standing open (4)

7 Height (9)

8 Pale colour (6)

9 Cherubic (7)

14 Ethiopian capital (5,5) 16 Comparable, corresponding (9)

18 Plant with aromtaic seeds used in cooking (7) 19 Charred (8)

22 Grassy plains of Argentina (6)

23 Potential, not yet mainfest (6)

26 Leafy vegetable (5) 27 Weight of a vehicle without its cargo (4)