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THE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1 Small volume of overseas tourism (6,4) 6 Warships advance south (4)
10 Hiding place many yearn to find (5)
11 It’s up to a cafe to provide hot drink (1,3,2,3) 12 Swirling danseuse from Khartoum perhaps (8) 13 Work to make some dough (5) 15 Parents - many different ones (7) 17 Soldier on a horse or ship (7)
19 Not pictured as sheathed (7)
21 Role man has created as a social worker (7) 22 What one says when taking French leave? (5) 24 Dog raves after fruit (8)
27 Charles Edward is in hiding beaten (9) 28 A good shot but the winner lost the point (5) 29 Give away business? (4)
30 Stream of notes composed by Handel? (5,5)
Down
1 One of the chosen people we hear in ancient Britain? (4)
2 Again determined how many may be told (9) 3 Girl is getting up first in Italian city (5) 4 Winners take part in rousing game (7) 5 With endless work advanced to become rich (7)
7 Loose relative seen topless (5) 8 They’re not good reporters (10) 9 Devourer of knowledge (8)
14 They call for patient driving (10)
16 It’s clear the girl has a cute wiggle (8) 18 They are a sorry lot (9)
20 Despoiled icon is restored to a city of Cyprus (7) 21 A game to cut short (7)
23 How pointless to follow a girl in a state (5) 25 In principle ring after eleven in the morning (5)
26 There’s rice pudding for him (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Bizarre (10)
6 50 per cent (4)
10 Freight (5)
11 Bitterly sarcastic (9)
12 Keep up (8)
13 Concerned with punishment (5) 15 Take pains (7)
17 In present use (7) 19 Suitability (7)
21 Kind of cigar (7)
22 Type of sad music (5) 24 Country of east Europe (8) 27 Keeping (9)
28 A supernatural being (5) 29 Tale (4)
30 Rich (4-6) DOWN 1 In former times (4) 2 Reversal of opinion (9) 3 Decorate (5)
4 Turn aside (7) 5 Fiendishly wicked (7) 7 Exhausted (3-2) 8 Make easier (10) 9 Spread widely (8)
14 A soft fruit (10) 16 Cause for gratitude (8) 18 Readily moved by sentiment (9)
20 Sink gradually (7) 21 Commander of regiment (7) 23 Speak (5)
25 To reason (5)
26 Initiative (4)