Double Crossword
ACROSS
CRYPTIC CLUES 1 Impulsive Tottenham player in the spotlight(4-2-3-6) 9 Life bears out a slight sculptural projection (3-6) 10 Endless lecture spelt out end of hostilities (5) 11 Cure-all circulated from the heart (4) 12 Whip fluid into cooking in a sudden deluge (5,5) 15 Shout out, along with a great number (8) 16 Running battles without leadership, and with it (6) 19 Say, lemon curt is misspelt! (6) 20 Essential part of the diet in unrefined times? (8) 22 One who scours the blue from an office building (10) 23 Record when fourth letter is followed by the third (4) 25 Large enough head removed from specimen (5) 27 Melted ice on lens’ lip (9) 28 Certain the crook had friendly exterior, as an aside (15)
DOWN
1 Devoted to sensual pleasures, except one curbed by municipality’s rise (9) 2 Unfit for sailing the unconventional southern way (11) 3 Six balls. No more! (4) 4 Hear unmistakable sound of an aircraft (8) 5 Looking out for number one, and missing the first one that’s spritely (6) 6 Having no reception, apart from some peaks? (3,2,5) 7 Bird is even yummier when flipped (3) 8 Betray heart with extreme fashion (5) 13 Latino dancing followed musical theatre in working order (11) 14 One bearing arms to manufacture ten couches (10) 17 Cheater made tracks for a stab in the back (9) 18 Talk about seasonal scenery of the county! (8) 21 District in European capital and the middle of nowhere (6) 22 Little rascal is southern and effeminate (5) 24 States stand in the way of league of nations (4) 26 Average couple did without one (3) Down:
ACROSS
QUICK CLUES 1 Legendary Scottish leviathan (4,4,7) 9 Neatly trimmed (9) 10 Parallelogram with four equal sides (5) 11 Rotate (4) 12 Without equal (10) 15 Surround, hem in (8) 16 Stringed instrument (6) 19 Web-making arachnid (6) 20 Mercenary (8) 22 In combination (10) 23 Caribbean nation (4) 25 Flowed back, receded (5) 27 Single, unwed (9) 28 Legal authority to act for another (5,2,8)
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1 Unbounded (9) 2 Uterine spasm during childbirth (11) 3 Connection between the head and body (4) 4 Scatter in droplets (8) 5 Capital of Spain (6) 6 Brought into conformity with a standard (10) 7 Pair (3) 8 Mad, fanatical (5) 13 Tiny (11) 14 Sponger (10) 17 Miserly (9) 18 Envoy (8) 21 Swallow up (6) 22 Low in price (5) 24 Verve, elan (4) 26 Weapon for shooting arrows (3)