DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Former partner in the pink issue (6)
4 Some hesitation before brother touched Fitzgerald with parasol (8)
10 States to be held by poor journalist in a bag (9) 11 Nausea and disquiet in equal measure (5)
12 Get out of teaching work mate (5)
13 Men get old preparing for stationing (9)
14 Weariness of seeing blood during explosion (7) 16 Knock when everybody’s out (6)
20 Just the dark? (6) 21 Accidentally reveal pert old parts (3,4)
24 Equivalent of mile trek made without oxygen (9) 26 Twice the company to join one for a drink (5) 27 Indians have time to get out! (3,2)
28 Sooner rue faults when in the wrong (9)
29 Keeping order to cut back cake topping (8) 30 Ushers out monkey (6)
DOWN
1 Heartless chemist flouted standards (6)
2 Accept amputation to carry on an affair (4,2,3) 3 Grub with hearty dollar value (5)
5 Scheming maid crossed king over Japanese royalty (6)
6 Put in for abusing Queer Street journalist (9)
7 Charter second of the flights over facility (5) 8 Allowed to be wearing gloves after promotion (8) 9 Title of order or medal (7) 15 Gain time solving first of the clues in the cryptic (9) 17 Press annoyed about German decoration (4,5) 18 Chinese ships jump into second hand store (4,4) 19 Judges once more putting up with her listeners (7)
22 Transmitter’s limits in some sort of news broadcast (6)
23 Services for the proletariat (6)
25 Some of the suit to copy between the lines (5)
26 No sweat to be caught in check (5)
Yesterday’s solutions:
Across: 1 Run to ground. 9 Atheistic. 10 Demur. 11 Deadset. 12 Scrubby. 13 Resort. 15 Radiator. 18 Billowed. 19 Medusa. 22 At worst. 24 Put-upon. 26 Nylon. 27 Earnestly. 28 Open slather.
Down: 1 Rehearsal. 2 Nails. 3 Octets. 4 Rickshaw. 5 Underline. 6 Demob. 7 Ladder. 8 Prayer. 14 Rio Grande. 16 Trumpeter. 17 Weathers. 18 Brainy. 20 Annoys. 21 Sparta. 23 Wilco. 25 Teeth.
QUICK ACROSS
1 Framework worn to expand a woman’s skirt (6) 4 Supplement, appendix (8) 10 Retreat, solitude (9) 11 Mound of stones erected as a memorial (5)
12 Board game (5) 13 Spanish region that includes Barcelona (9) 14 Throw away (7)
16 Ancient Greek city, site of a famous oracle (6) 20 Leader of a synagogue’s prayers and songs (6) 21 Small falcon (7) 24 Frantically reckless (9) 26 Panache, dash (5) 27 Tempers, states of mind (5)
28 Collection of poems by various authors (9) 29 Lawyer (8)
30 Gorge, ravine (6)
DOWN
1 Cut into two equal parts (6) 2 Discharge (9)
3 Hooligans (5)
5 Give to charity (6) 6 Outstanding (9) 7 Condescend, see fit (5) 8 Citrus fruit (8)
9 Bishop’s jurisdiction (7) 15 High-ranking academic (9)
17 Rapacious, carnivorous (9)
18 The world of learning (8) 19 Souvenir (7)
22 Harm, injury (6)
23 Child’s colouring stick (6) 25 Brusque, curt (5)
26 Plant life of an area (5)
Yesterday’s solutions:
Across: 1 Chamberlain. 9 Easygoing. 10 Trick. 11 Leaflet. 12 Salient. 13 Trepan. 15 Tree-tops. 18 Misprint. 19 System. 22 Lovable. 24 Insipid. 26 Beset. 27 Spinnaker. 28 Acclamation.
Down: 1 Castanets. 2 Angel. 3 Blintz. 4 Registry. 5 Artillery. 6 Noise. 7 Pellet. 8 Skates. 14 Acrobatic. 16 Outspoken. 17 Undersea. 18 Malibu. 20 Modern. 21 Minima. 23 Vista. 25 Sinai.