QUICK PUZZLES
ACROSS
1 Siren (5)
4 Relieve an itch (7)
8 Hunt illegally (5)
9 Restrict (7)
10 Rainbow’s shape (3)
11 Subtle implication (8)
13 Hades river (Greek myth) (4) 14 Skeleton part (4)
19 Like sandpaper (8)
21 Night before (3)
23 Bartering (7)
24 Clever (5)
25 Keep from happening (7)
26 Annoyed (5)
ACROSS
1 Furtiveness (7)
5 Pleasantly musical (7)
10 Notorious (8)
11 Appear (6)
12 Moist (4)
13 Banned (8)
15 Biscuit bunch (5)
16 South Pole region (9)
19 Set free (9)
20 Blood vessels (5)
22 Offender (7)
24 Building block (5)
27 Leave stranded (6)
28 Book addendum (8)
29 Commanding respect (9) 30 Goes to the polls (5)
DOWN
1 Sign of audience approval (8) 2 Lawlessness (7)
3 Angora coat (6)
4 Silver medallist’s place (6)
5 Removes suds (6)
6 Made an effort (5)
7 Stiletto feature (4)
12 Left behind (8)
15 In general (7)
16 North African lidded pot (6) 17 Wiggle nervously (6)
18 Water heater (6)
20 Plucky (5)
22 Conclude (4)
DOWN
2 Fork prong (4)
3 Alpine danger (9)
4 Groups of soldiers (6)
6 Ultimate (8)
7 Last Greek letter (5)
8 Recipe component (10)
9 Stunned (9)
14 Influence deviously (10)
17 Gradual increase in loudness
(music) (9)
18 Mexican ranch (8)
21 Wine fruit (5)
23 Establish as the truth
25 Asterix’s region (4)
26 Looseness (4)
ACROSS
7 Back of the neck (4)
8 Intermittent (8)
9 Emotional strain (7)
11 Stagger (4)
15 Athletics obstacle (6) 17 Pillar (6)
19 Fortune (6)
21 Think up (6)
22 Prince Harry’s title (4) 25 Chose from a menu (7) 28 Thin pasta (8)
29 Ditty (4)
DOWN
1 Huge (4)
2 Eager (4)
3 Seek ambitiously (to) (6)
4 French brandy (6)
5 Match (with) (4)
6 Greek goddess of victory (4)
10 Designate (7)
12 Learned (7)
13 Fencing thrusts (6)
14 Melted (6)
16 His wife turned to salt (Bible) (3) 18 Be in debt (3)
20 Head-covering sweatshirt (6)
21 Sidestepped (6)
23 Single entity (4)
24 Border (4)
26 Corrode (4)
27 Beach mound (4)