THE CROSSWORDS
PUZZLE 16386
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 A fan that’s in use after a fashion (10)
6 Soup stirring as a work of art (4)
10 Crown jewels? (5)
11 Tell niece about the customers (9)
12 Having paid, he recovers (8)
13 Baffling question for a model (5)
15 Maintains there’s some body in the beers (7)
17 Use it and presumably all’s well (7)
19 It’s disturbing having the wrong spirit in work (7)
21 Renege on promise to move a car from the garage? (4,3)
22 Measure a small lion with it (5)
24 The daring kind that makes the headlines (4,4)
27 It’s a recurring theme in Wagner (9)
28 Truss becomes corroded (5)
29 Army row grows coarse (4)
30 They’re widely grown for eating (5,5)
DOWN
1 Consumes a set recipe (4)
2 He is not still in business (9)
3 Practice gives us time (5)
4 Revenues from company involved in various mines (7)
5 It’s important to one’s standing as a rider (7)
7 Iron clasp (5)
8 What disposing of a good pair of nylons would be? (5,5)
9 Pain I can suffer when frightened (2,1,5)
14 Special item (10)
16 Suitable moment for some fun (4,4)
18 Widespread irregularity in the main? (6,3)
20 A pot may be used to catch and cook it (7)
21 Bachelor married to a girl in South America (7)
23 Scatterbrain child (5)
25 Feverish activity in temples? (5)
26 Goddess of double existence (4)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Go ahead as guide (4,3,3)
6 Something owed (4)
10 Additional (5)
11 Reckless criminal (9)
12 Majesty (8)
13 Absolute (5)
15 Unity of opinion (7)
17 Cease to act as unit (7)
19 Background (7)
21 To challenge (7)
22 Formulate (5)
24 Favourable opinion (8)
27 Inherent characteristic (9)
28 Large sea-duck (5)
29 Apiece (4)
30 Unlucky (3-7)
DOWN
1 Physical appearance (4)
2 Repugnant (9)
3 Italian city (5)
4 Infinite (7)
5 Self-confident (7)
7 Demand and get (5)
8 Cave-dweller (10)
9 Throw overboard (8)
14 Humiliation (4,2,4)
16 Widespread outbreak (8)
18 . . . the Great, died 323BC (9)
20 Progressing by degrees (7)
21 A coniferous tree (7)
23 Room under roof (5)
25 Last of a series (5)
26 Incite to action (4)