Double Crossword
ACROSS
CRYPTIC CLUES 1 A calming rum at game when abusing language rules (13) 10 Names and shames senator it involved (5,4) 11 Bother with duck in Italian sauce (5) 12 Square place, a central feature of bazaar (5) 13 Air sac set to go off in flight (9) 15 Deliverer of revolutionary English leaders by the French drink (8) 16 Wanted back inside volcano (4) 19 Takes the hatchet to central lines (4) 20 Lodger, from that point of view, split payment to the landlord (8) 23 Music maker may spoil toss of a coin (9) 24 Rot so rampant in underground parts (5) 26 Diamond rings charmed girl (5) 28 Piglets, say, tap a waste dropper (9) 29 The military corrected dreamer’s bad habits (5,8)
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2 Loved ones that are stingy and costly (4,3,4) 3 Rates are set by lay-by (4,4) 4 Divine to merit sin’s release (8) 5 A Koran’s new jacket (6) 6 Mischievous child painting, say, to show and tell (6) 7 Blockhead from the admiralty’s leading ship (3) 8 End up with loads of money (4) 9 Tip off when about to enter the jungle (8) 14 Tat he made repeat very quickly (2,3,6) 15 Getting in touch with the heart of the sorest suffering (8) 17 Serve of wine unable to be swallowed by stag (8) 18 Raise lid uncertainly to an old British PM (8) 21 Ten have food with an essential element (6) 22 Goes along with returns from investment (6) 25 Peeled bananas, a good source of starch (4) 27 Row over contents of cache of coins (3)
ACROSS
QUICK CLUES 1 US horse race, part of the Triple Crown (8,5) 10 South African policy of racial segregation (9) 11 Former rulers of Venice (5) 12 Himalayan kingdom (5) 13 Relieve, mitigate (9) 15 Atomiser used to spray paint (8) 16 Military cap with a flat circular top and visor (4) 19 Ballet dress (4) 20 Label on an article for sale (5,3) 23 Diminution (9) 24 Cardinal point (5) 26 Massive river-dwelling mammal (5) 28 Pleasant odour (9) 29 In an advanced stage (4-9)
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2 Extremely annoyed, infuriated (11) 3 In name only (8) 4 Fissure in a glacier (8) 5 Sings in the Swiss manner (6) 6 Salad green (6) 7 Swamp (3) 8 Least powerful piece in chess (4) 9 Showing people to their seats (8) 14 Chemical defoliant used in the Vietnam war (5,6) 15 Economic independence (8) 17 Cut short, curtail (8) 18 Predicted sequence of events (8) 21 Group of fish (6) 22 Drivel (6) 25 Back of the foot (4) 27 Baked dish with a pastry crust (3)