DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Devil turns to star in protest (13)

10 Cut up for having gambled (5)

11 Programme and series in preparation (9)

12 Tattered sari conceals lifeless state (3,5)

13 Making notes about unknown church worker (6) 15 Like knotty old trees left in replanted garden (7) 16 Stand back or play guitar (7)

18 City gas works put in a soft light (7)

20 Buries doctor in stone cutting (7)

22 Bogie’s partner in dance caught a cold (6)

24 Making a pile from advertising (8)

27 Until Adam converted part of India (5,4)

28 Drain off the lowest point (5)

29 Forced to resume a new kind of tailoring (4,2,7)

DOWN

2 Food in each dish drew boy inside (9)

3 Dotty number one, three or five in the over? (7) 4 Make void hit fine feathers (6,4)

5 Bring up the tail end (4) 6 Change ends during forays into muscle (7) 7 Done with Tory leader in public (5)

8 Chances of getting clerical qualifications in overseas position (4)

9 Tuna miss making waves (8)

14 In two minds about false or true lies (10)

15 Computer memory of musical performance by tea break (8)

17 Cue to take a rest (9) 19 Storm surrounding French island in the sea (7) 21 Hosts queen in skimpy underwear (7)

23 Interval where dream ends in deep sleep (5) 25 Cockily talk up one’s outfit (4)

26 Reach aloft when a little light around the head area (4)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Whetting the appetite (13) 10 Bungling (5)

11 Greenish blue (9) 12 Concern with insignificant detail (8) 13 Summerhouse (6) 15 Author of The Canterbury Tales (7) 16 Japanese brazier for cooking food (7) 18 Canadian province (7) 20 Deep reddish purple (7) 22 Directions for cooking (6)

24 Floor covering (8) 27 Totalitarian, oppressive (9)

28 Adhere closely to (5) 29 Reckless, unreliable (13)

DOWN

2 Money taken from an account over the credit balance (9)

3 Immense (7)

4 Impervious to moisture (10)

5 Novice (4)

6 Noise made by actors to simulate conversation (7) 7 Unsophisticated (5) 8 Sibilant speech defect (4) 9 Grain used in puddings (8) 14 Small mushroom (10) 15 Chorister (8)

17 Friendly, agreeable (9) 19 Drive back (7)

21 Kind of pasta (7)

23 Cringe in fear (5)

25 The three wise men (4) 26 Small bundle of straw (4)