Double Crossword
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Forward with new papoose holder (5-4,4) 10 Touch short with payment (3) 11 Difficult to punch tom’s whiskers (6,5) 12 Contract to supply beaver bait (10) 13 At heart, remiss to crash truck (4) 15 Scarcity put right in passing (6) 16 Ordinary person extremely central to turning handle (8) 19 Sought after maddening puzzle that’s inconclusive (2,6) 20 Shrank letters down in size, in a chain (6) 23 Fat, lard and blubber, to start with (4) 25 As expected, moved out for term (4,2,4) 27 Blue Nile, a true arm dispensing with the White, in the end (11) 28 Pitch tipped over informer (3) 29 Charles may infer cow slips between fence posts (6,2,5)
DOWN
2 When really enthusiastic, drove off without the swine (9) 3 Season adder with herb, say (10) 4 Empty words to turn to during shock? (3,3) 5 A bit overblown to be checked in development (8) 6 1-across’ mates get ready for a trip (4) 7 Bracing air for lightweight individual (5) 8 Having kittens in hoarding outside fairground (6) 9 Top casings disassembled and put in the post (6) 14 Old woman raised seedcase with time for some Wagner, say (5,5) 17 Spice Girl on endless voyage to Australian city (9) 18 Mount production of arsenic and lace in the end (8) 19 A lot of new arrivals, not initially sinful but wickedly cross (6) 21 In addition, include carpet and it’s colour? (6) 22 Contradict force of opinion (6) 24 Head off wilder flower (5) 26 Ran off beneath base of salt lake (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Unambiguously, emphatically (13) 10 Front of a boat (3) 11 Those learning a trade (11) 12 Complete, uncut (10) 13 Play the lead role (4) 15 Not subject to taxation (6) 16 Forbearance, stolidity (8) 19 Paternal (8) 20 Boiled sweet (6) 23 Caribbean nation (4) 25 Dole out (10) 27 Person skilled in technical drawing (11) 28 Fish trap (3) 29 Irish national holiday (2,8,3)
DOWN
2 Seller of magazines and stationery (9) 3 One of four born at the same time (10) 4 Hinder (6) 5 Dish made from beaten eggs (8) 6 Poker stake (4) 7 Lawful (5) 8 Slow on the uptake (6) 9 Hindu religious community (6) 14 Causes one to lose one’s bearings (10) 17 Grippe (9) 18 Monastery’s courtyard with covered walks (8) 19 Deceptive outer appearance (6) 21 Forces out (6) 22 Powered by nuclear energy (6) 24 Brag (5) 26 City of the Taj Mahal (4)