CRYPTIC/QUICK CROSSWORD
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CRYPTIC CLUES
Across 8 Crash in mansion
at university (4-2)
9 Chap within party
has suppositions (8)
10 Exhaust CIA plan,
starting pollution (4,4)
11 Discrimination, and
game is ruined (6)
12 Fellow always in frenzy (5)
13 Sounds feeble for
a few days (4)
14 Naval bird? (4)
16 Settle somewhere in
pub, treating leg (7)
18 Where shoppers are coming
in the future (2,5)
20 Cut in his litter (4)
21 Recess is negative all right (4) 22 Small rush to distribute (5)
25 Child at home with
loud worker (6)
27 Capital strike never ends,
to a degree (8)
28 Ruin note about particle (8)
29 It’s in this shoe?
I don’t think so! (2,4)
Down
1 Friends getting in shape (6)
2 Rowers waded around
first heavy burden (4,6)
3 Atomiser’s bouquet (5)
4 Someone humming
a tricky one (7)
5 Commenting about pattern (9) 6 Liberate at no cost (4)
7 Clothes making
soldiers curse (8)
14 Switch craftily
contains magic (10)
15 Pliant ode about
heavenly body (9)
17 This short? Not
any more (2,6)
19 Record and reserve a
registration document (7)
23 Stolen after socialist is
expected to win (3,3)
24 Excellent small fruit (5)
26 Against chanting outside (4)
QUICK CLUES
Across
8 Increase (4,2)
9 Hypotheses (8) 10 Form of
pollution (4,4)
11 Form of
discrimination (6) 12 Frenzy (5)
13 Period of time (4) 14 Small bird (4)
16 Nestle (7)
18 Coming in
the future (2,5) 20 Incision (4)
21 Alcove (4)
22 Ration (5)
25 Child (6)
27 European
capital (8)
28 Atomic particle (8) 29 Expression of
contradiction (2,4) Down
1 Geometric shape (6) 2 Oppressive
burden (4,6) 3 Shower (5)
4 Difficult task (7)
5 Observing (9)
6 Unfettered (4)
7 Male attire (8)
14 Sorcery (10)
15 Asteroid (9)
17 Not any more (2,6) 19 Official record (7) 23 Extremely
warm (3,3)
24 Fruit (5)
26 Against (4)