THE CROSSWORDS

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Ideal valet becomes upset and is relieved (10) 6 Mercury will go down with it - so may people (4) 10 Speed of agency typist with a circular letter (5) 11 A pet’s home (3,6) 12 In use can turn into a problem (8) 13 Beat and serve out broth (5) 15 Liven things up in a team perhaps (7) 17 Clear off unruly campers (7) 19 Smoking jackets? (7) 21 Report rewritten about one comic character (7) 22 Cook right on the oven (5) 24 Be able to say who’s who I find yet all confused (8) 27 Kind of steak that is rarely served (9) 28 Paul and I cooked a foreign dish (5) 29 An infusion of energy (4) 30 Extend an invitation to sleep on the floor? (7,3)

DOWN

1 A way one takes wine (4) 2 Car may be minus oil note (9) 3 Lois is involved with five big fiddles (5) 4 Notice indicating a go-slow could be at an end (7) 5 Little creatures of high birth (7) 7 A possessive type (5) 8 Consider it’s intentional (10) 9 Two trials setting a precedent (4,4) 14 There appears good reason to have fun here (10) 16 Opening for a photographer (8) 18 Left a sheet in one’s briefcase (9) 20 Try to make a little yarn go a long way? (4,3) 21 Head’s quiet retreat (7) 23 A fateful day for military assistants (5) 25 It’s talked about among potato-pickers (5) 26 Diamonds could be made to fit (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 In error (10) 6 Slightly wet (4) 10 To set out (5) 11 Rigidly uncompromising person (4-5) 12 Infer (8) 13 Rhythmical throbbing (5) 15 Component part (7) 17 Minor (7) 19 Breed of pendant-eared dog (7) 21 Restrain (7) 22 Mountains in North Africa (5) 24 Fail (8) 27 To place between others (9) 28 A tropical fruit (5) 29 Lenient (4) 30 Laughing uncontrollably (2,8)

DOWN

1 Ponder (4) 2 TV domestic serial (4,5) 3 Garret (5) 4 Tire out (7) 5 Generosity (7) 7 Cancel (5) 8 Commit (10) 9 Hasty and careless (8) 14 Convincing (10) 16 A representative (8) 18 Maze (9) 20 Satirise (7) 21 Look closely at (7) 23 A water lily (5) 25 Confess (5) 26 Throw lightly (4)