CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
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CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
9 A large number gets isolated (5)
10 Deployment of the drones gets abbreviated (9)
11 Stole valuables from ruin indeed (9)
12 A cricket team by a lake around a centre line (5)
13 Culpability, having left out a registered instrument (6) 14 Some accommodation can, admitted Wales’s top county (4,4)
16 Organs stolen in perceptible range (7)
18 A mews working with zero energy is stunning (7)
20 Pale noon involved a game (8)
22 Republican group is after firm support (6)
25 Like Robin, say, by way of article, circling (5)
26 Sound surprised about new tiling being explosive (9)
28 A lion playing jazz outside for some commuters (9)
29 Terribly hot, no good for skimpy underwear (5)
Down
1 Charge payment, about to be dismissed (4)
2 Stuck-up person back with excellent, tiny item (6)
3 Open chat about a monument (8)
4 Song is sung first in tree (5) 5 Slow cadet managed to get into a nervous state (4,5)
6 Reach a race in a mess (6) 7 A Roman emperor has hit back – hardly a shining example (8) 8 Distribute a fragrance outside for youngster (10)
13 Naive celebration for politicians (5,5)
15 Compelling fight is safe (9) 17 Agent rails about retribution (8)
19 Stretch Noel out by entrance (8)
21 Refusing to waste month making inner layer (6)
23 Lisa confused gold and salt (6)
24 Knife and keys boy put in (5) 27 Hence in another gondola (4)
QUICK CLUES
Across
9 Unaccompanied (5) 10 Abridged (9)
11 Plundered (9)
12 Relating to a line of rotation (5)
13 Stringed instrument (6) 14 Matching sleeping arrangements (4,4) 16 Audible range (7) 18 Breathtaking (7)
20 French emperor (8) 22 Foundation garment (6)
25 Relating to birds (5) 26 High explosive (9) 28 Group of commuters (9) 29 Strap (5)
Down
1 Hospital room (4) 2 Miniature tree (6) 3 War memorial (8) 4 Religious song (5) 5 State of anxiety (4,5) 6 Achieve (6) 7 Unconventional central character (8)
8 Developing into an adult (10) 13 Eco-friendly political group (5,5) 15 Lockable storage for valuables (9)
17 Act of retaliation (8) 19 Extend (8)
21 Inner layer of material (6) 23 Seafarer (6)
24 Flat cutting edge (5) 27 Therefore (4)