Double Crossword
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS DOWN
1 Settled bill, say, for a number of courses (7) 5 ‘Free’, said admission to day’s cycling event (7) 9 Blair adopted a curt style where the French get cold cuts (11) 10 Exchange blows to the chest (3) 11 Give the game away to dabble aimlessly without restrictions (4) 12 In the end, ring, ring and ring for a completely new beginning (6,4) 14 Spacey acted badly between times when stuck in the same role (8) 15 Bolts ravenously down ravines (6) 18 Pirate took a lead from the horn pipe (6) 19 Toned down, as the Scots little knew, in sound (8) 22 As long ago as can be remembered, or a year into the other date tossed around (3,4,3) 24 Pitch of some modern music (4) 26 Quietly rise, just getting even with some baking (3) 27 Just the conservatives took umbrage (5-6) 28 Fifty percent of toes add up to one hundred percent (7) 29 Specific numbers failing to finish off Clinton’s opponent (7) 1 Send packing, except for an old piece of brass (7) 2 Dog creating a splash around the front of arena and ring (5,4) 3 Principal took the first of the month off (4) 4 Hold one’s attention the tenser it grows (8) 5 Undertone may double the endless gloom (6) 6 Shrink from security measures in the Jamaican style (10) 7 Black Label’s not originally drunk (5) 8 Damaging to support Number Ten with lots of debt (7) 13 Loathe card going out of shape (10) 16 Confused up and down in half the German explosive (9) 17 Touch for money, after taxes, to be raised or created (8) 18 Scream when teaspoon is inserted in a popular place (7) 20 Noble rank in fourth rate Britain was on the way up (7) 21 Staggering after horse takes part in drunken orgy (6) 23 Happening to be 70 at heart (5) 25 Fruit not even found in fridges (4)
ACROSS QUICK CLUES
1 Prize that accumulates until it is won (7) 5 Police photograph (7) 9 Decorated, ornamented (11) 10 Trouser fastener (3) 11 Notion (4) 12 Grew rapidly larger (10) 14 Flowers growing in long spikes (8) 15 Lack of seriousness (6) 18 Ant or bee, for example (6) 19 Sport matches (8) 22 Wrestling hold (4,6) 24 Iridescent gem (4) 26 Sprite, gremlin (3) 27 Outright, unconditional (11) 28 Framework supporting a table (7) 29 Affair of the heart (7)
DOWN
1 Mocking, sneering (7) 2 Cabins carrying skiers up slopes (5-4) 3 Long slender upright (4) 4 Three-sided figure (8) 5 Punk’s hairstyle (6) 6 At baptism, those who guarantee a child’s upbringing (10) 7 Light yellowish-brown (5) 8 In a lukewarm manner (7) 13 Improper behaviour (10) 16 Sudden violent entry (9) 17 Survivor from a bygone era (8) 18 Impose upon, mete out (7) 20 Large irregular blot (7) 21 Small, exclusive circle of friends (6) 23 Drop in standards (5) 25 Movie (4)