Double Crossword
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Poor me, it’ll be bird feed! (6) 5 Half moon competes with the silver screen (6) 10 Drain every other part of the swamp (3) 11 Spurious to tot up a sow’s trotters, we hear (11) 12 Booth sold solution for an eye condition (9) 13 Ready to nap after tossing and turning (2,3) 14 Ruling concerning double gin cocktail (8) 16 Slink past spottier sort after shaving (6) 19 Confront savage when crossing the river (6) 20 Half an hour with twirly parts of scripture (4,4) 23 Drive a beef supplier ... (5) 25 ... to call on breeding farm for fastener (5,4) 27 Wise men turned to Lenin for defence in WWII (7,4) 28 Most of ale went on working party (3) 29 Trained lens on victorious commander (6) 30 Tom’s young outfit confronting round figure (6)
DOWN
2 Wing it when one’s joining in rally (9) 3 Clear cover with much trimmed inside (5) 4 Moving by running one’s finger over (8) 5 Acting to stem choral works (6) 6 Excess of words makes brevity so enchanting (9) 7 Smooth front of tuxedo for the occasion (5) 8 Boris nervously receives American leader where pressure is constant (6) 9 Sound stage on the Russian plain (6) 15 Lack of qualifications means a marionette’s unworkable? (2,7) 17 Record carrier to convert an array of figures (9) 18 Made Sikh come out when missing relations (8) 19 Wellrounded booms go bust by the end of July (6) 21 More orderly when I had broken up row (6) 22 Having spoilt half, a huge weight is precisely what’s needed (4,2) 24 Bird headed off sniffer dog (5) 26 Panel gave quiet support in golf in return (5)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION Across:
- 1 Underling. 6 Divas. 9 Distaff. 10 Andante. 11 Norm. 12 Engagement. 14 By heart. 15 Biceps. 19 Agreed. 20 Baroque. 23 Deshabille. 25 Time. 27 Mooring. 28 Outline. 29 Money. 30 Ruminants.
Down:
- 1 Undone. 2 Destroyer. 3 Real. 4 Infantry. 5 Go away. 6 Didgeridoo. 7 Venue. 8 Sweetest. 13 Generality. 16 Erudition. 17 Cardamom. 18 Ballroom. 21 Singer. 22 Rebels. 24 Spoon. 26 Stun.
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Brightly printed cotton fabric (6) 5 Confused mix (6) 10 Torn cloth (3) 11 Spit (11) 12 Building or gallery that commands a fine view (9) 13 Lustrous fabric (5) 14 Opinionated, doctrinaire (8) 16 Violin (6) 19 Takeover, coup d’etat (6) 20 Motherly (8) 23 Drama set to music (5) 25 Knockabout comedy (9) 27 Large, oldfashioned travelling case (11) 28 Go brown in the sun (3) 29 Longharboured resentment (6) 30 Rudimentary stage of life (6)
DOWN
2 Outstanding or memorable part (9) 3 Sibling’s daughter (5) 4 German airship (8) 5 Coat, blazer (6) 6 Illicit liquor (9) 7 Jumped (5) 8 Examined closely (6) 9 Knitted hat (6) 15 Renowned (9) 17 Treatment of the teeth (9) 18 Language of Tokyo (8) 19 Jog the memory (6) 21 Fondness, predilection (6) 22. Practice, custom (6) 24 Blunder (5) 26 Flesh of a pigeon (5)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION Across:
- 1 Backpedal. 6 Fight. 9 Compact. 10 Corsair. 11 Lead. 12 Experiment. 14 Bailiff. 15 Tassel. 19 Ration. 20 Sibling. 23 Matterhorn. 25 Haka. 27 Somehow. 28 Twofold. 29 Deter. 30 Reconvene.
Down:
- 1 Becalm. 2 Combatant. 3 Peak. 4 Detoxify. 5 Lecher. 6 Formidable. 7 Graze. 8 Throttle. 13 Altogether. 16 Singapore. 17 Promised. 18 Diuretic. 21 Shower. 22 Dawdle. 24 Tempt. 26 Join.