Double Crossword

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Sucked on baker’s produce to make one’s first run (5,4,4) 10 Twelfth part of European folklore (3) 11 Reinvent gasworks on Venus (7,4) 12 See stand is made for stability (10) 13 Sow around ruched front of stuffed shirt (4) 15 We heal accidents on your bike! (6) 16 Rob a concrete compound from trees (8) 19 Exposes stumble that may leave one standing (8) 20 Counter currents that head off donkeys (6) 23 Said to be opposed to poker stake (4) 25 European club fellow in a scrap (10) 27 Study of the old and grey, too long neglected (11) 28 A former partner’s turn to give the boot (3) 29 Guessing lifer served under ten (6,7)

DOWN

2 Report fliers suffered scalding (5,4) 3 Madmen sent off for The Corrections (10) 4 Working on case of the main features of the earth (6) 5 One sent overseas will sure miss a rye sandwich (8) 6 Ruler growing heartless in his dotage (4) 7 Provide food from packing crate (5) 8 Ancient empire carried out an endless reprisal (6) 9 Careful to pack toupee when it’s in season, mostly in America (6) 14 Well done and nutritious, so they say (4,3,3) 17 Knock out main rabble among the chosen few (9) 18 Protection for a child from a little imp in a forest (8) 19 Fruit of the Dutch ruling family (6) 21 Soft in the head and still soft when it gets dark (6) 22 New role in 19-down oil (6) 24 Collector’s items held in some trunks (5) 26 Raised arms if figure-hugging (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: - 1 Tropic. 5 Amalfi. 10 Night on the tiles. 11 Rest. 12 Frolicsome. 14 Parasite. 15 Violet. 18 Adrift. 19 Nowadays. 22 Congenital. 24 Maul. 26 Virginia creeper. 27 Thrash. 28 Yarrow.

Down: - 2 Registrar. 3 Pate. 4 Concrete. 5 Awhile. 6 Anticlimax. 7 Folio. 8 Unwrap. 9 Assert. 13 Asafoetida. 16 Lhasa apso. 17 Monarchy. 18 Alcove. 20 Sultry. 21 Finish. 23 North. 25 Bear.