CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
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Across
9 Greeting top engineer, put in to manipulate threads (5) 10 English force captures Frenchmen in virtual business (1-8) 11 Cutting a book behind military shelter (9) 12 Left Switzerland after international group meal (5) 13 German traitor gets one shilling for nothing (6) 14 Lob a hint about a winter event (8) 16 Sodium smell starting to appear (7) 18 Prime assembly in charge, based on observation (7) 20 Rush to get eccentric programme at an event (8) 22 Left a student a way to get in (6) 25 Woman takes rector, intially, to be a primate (5) 26 Start to make a speech about island spirit (9) 28 Good-for-nothing got cold nurse in a whirl (9) 29 Aristocrat lost first two pieces in game (5)
Down
1 Squash was stirred on top of table (4) 2 Picture-taker turned up with artist (6) 3 Give a detailed account of French writer (8) 4 European Liberal in 24-hour hold-up (5) 5 Lacking spontaneity, prisoner has time to drive away (9) 6 A group of musicians allow a lucky charm (6) 7 Old king finds a lunar reproduction in bits (8) 8 Putting article in chemical mixture is automatic (10) 13 Officer is here ultimately to make a sweeping remark (10) 15 Very famous directors are right (9) 17 Rock is thrown – doctor returns to unhealthy place (8) 19 In favour of taking woman to new church region (8) 21 Icons distributed around a gambling den (6) 23 Article about a medium to small river (6) 24 Make a hurried search for a weapon (5) 27 Simple point, say, to change (4)