DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Brief report of Welsh fans rioting (9)

6 Rough word used by day’s end (5)

9 Opening number runs into new list (7)

10 German leader smashed racist in the gut (7)

11 Old movie star got barrage of rubbish (5,5) 12 Prodigious head of steam in tank (4)

14 Princess with a large temper (6)

15 Old Russian to bleat about president meeting Kremlin leader (8) 18 Evidence of an emergency stop for small kid to catch ball (4,4) 20 Look around Brazilian city when back in party mode (6)

23 Rent drop (4)

24 Circling those picked for every team (2,3,5)

26 Giant made gold return to Caribbean island (7) 27 Tandoor cooked up a storm (7)

28 Film hen in egg production (5)

29 Sunhats do suit quite large numbers (9)

DOWN

1 Granny arms go rubbery with light weights (9) 2 Central Powers back cowboy adventure (7) 3 Danger signals from flare I set off over weapons (4,6) 4 Drifting overhead into fatal accident (6)

5 Spotlight on the towering gymnastic apparatus (4,4) 6 Premature eruption (4) 7 Twist and crush hat in an aggressive mood (7)

8 Low island raised height for boat (5)

13 Unhappy to have no good looking ones left (3,2,5)

16 Dislikes middle class interpretations (9)

17 Liberal arts can’t do business (8)

19 Out of turn to spray paint sides of lorry (7)

21 Flushed doctors warn to be marked out again (7) 22 Smashed second rate gambling game (6)

23 Fall back behind ring leader in the end (5)

25 Drag artist gets around medium for culture (4)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Spying (9)

6 Respectful title for a man in India (5)

9 Funeral procession (7) 10 Farewell (7)

11 All-knowing (10)

12 Jazz singing, without words (4)

14 Commotion, hubbub (6) 15 Killing of an entire people (8)

18 Gradually and stealthily intrude (8)

20 Motorised snow sled (6) 23 Not difficult (4) 24 Combine, merge (10) 26 Young actress (7) 27 World’s largest land mass (7)

28 Songs or symphonies (5) 29 Strike back (9)

DOWN

1 Pound, pen (9)

2 Spouse (7)

3 Render insignificant in comparison (10)

4 Acid found in vinegar (6) 5 Driver of a railway locomotive (8)

6 Sluggish, tardy (4) 7 Japanese barbecue (7) 8 Sheep’s cry (5)

13 Direct government spending to one’s constituents (4,6)

16 Absolve from blame (9) 17 Curved oriental sword (8) 19 Actors who share the billing (2-5)

21 World’s lowest lake (4,3) 22 Customer (6)

23 English racecourse (5) 25 Group of countries (4)