CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES Across
9 Crawler about to peer the other way (5) 10 Animated character joins miners’ union, captivating one element (9) 11 Hot trial complicated by new series of events (9) 12 Small copper gets doubly large paddle (5) 13 Information on the German female, say (6) 14 Patience as cost is spiralling about one motorway (8) 16 I initially managed to overtake at the last stand-off (7) 18 Target – to hire out some clothes (7) 20 Green is wrong, needing red centre to invigorate (8) 22 Sluggish form of electricity (6) 25 Trees go up to junction at the beginning (5) 26 Ivan sent Georgia to hill, being a pilot (9) 28 Rent sewer out to American, say (9) 29 Love a party when joined by engineers (5)
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1 Singing like a small feline (4) 2 Lone operation involves soldier among many (6) 3 Notice fewer are really clean (8) 4 Arrange letters for a short period of time (5) 5 Hair, in true transformation, makes household items (9) 6 Tiny art form displaying no bias (6) 7 Reckon on taking in a small bit of sculpture (8) 8 Camel bit me as ordered by representative (10) 13 Over a pound to see wolf running to get bird (6,4) 15 Thought process creates improvement in oranges (9) 17 Mix is purely for a particular disease (8) 19 Adjusting triangle is necessary to make a whole complete (8) 21 German voice from the side of the road (6) 23 Military entertainment show personal design (6) 24 Composition’s second change for organ (5) 27 Stagger to see a film (4)
THE PAGE’S QUICK CLUES Across
9 Move stealthily (5) 10 Radioactive metal (9) 11 Multi-event contest (9) 12 Small oar (5) 13 Male or female (6) 14 Endurance of hardship (8) 16 Dead end (7) 18 Clothing (7) 20 Give vitality to (8) 22 Motionless (6) 25 Initial (5) 26 Helmsman (9) 28 Person from this hemisphere (9) 29 Love intensely (5)
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1 Jazz singing (4) 2 Roman army unit (6) 3 Without a stain (8) 4 Magic formula (5) 5 Tables and chairs (9) 6 Miniature tree (6) 7 Statuette (8) 8 Symbolic (10) 13 Large game bird (6,4) 15 Logic (9) 17 Lung disease (8) 19 Fundamental (8) 21 Edge of the road (6) 23 Design on the skin (6) 24 Egg-producing organ (5) 27 Scottish dance (4)