DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 A little chocolate cake indicates credit for achievement (7,6)
10 Musical passage from dance composition close to Mozart’s heart (7)
11 Criticise left side for understanding relationship (7) 12 Complain about giant NZ bird with fantail (4) 13 Moderate behaviour if a tendency towards violence broke cane (10)
15 Certainly show agreement before throwing bout (2,5) 16 Laboriously chart each part of the body (7)
18 The front and back of the ‘Scunthorpe Times’ sends one to sleep (7)
20 Mugs box in commercial shows (7)
22 See tears forming when accepting horse as a seasonal gift (6,4)
24 Order youthful leader to take orders (4)
26 Top forty prospects for assassination? (3,4) 27 Elimination is certain after such a long period (7) 28 Taking every precaution, including plastering the wall of the vault (2,3,4,4)
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2 Radical passed in the act (3-6)
3 Potter’s tool washed out over copper (4)
4 Made insane time the most foolish (7)
5 Mean a favourite defensive work (7)
6 Moment to bring in acne treatment (10)
7 Sharp point on the top of the antler (5)
8 Copper breaking into the last word of judgement (6) 9 Goddess subsequently embraced by African leaders (6)
14 Squid gashed itself messing with hammerhead (10)
17 Cheek certain to be narrow and rigid (9)
18 Notice article and boil with anger (6)
19 Extremely sleazy truths for detectives (7)
20 Scanty cover from gale, if blowing loudly (3-4) 21 Fashioned trendy sides inside toboggan (6)
23 Chief of spirits against the almighty’s name (5)
25 Strikes the closing tune (4)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Taking advantage of circumstances (13) 10 Receipts (7)
11 Insatiable greed for riches (7)
12 In addition (4) 13 Holiday-maker (10) 15 Lawlessness, disorder (7) 16 Try (7)
18 Mourns (7) 20 Ill-mannered (7)
22 Slip of the tongue where initial sounds are transposed (10)
24 Adult male deer (4) 26 Romance language (7) 27 Extreme, fanatical (7) 28 Phrase that is difficult to pronounce (6,7)
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2 Native of Karachi or Lahore (9)
3 Sound of a pig (4)
4 Region of central Italy (7) 5 Falls on the US-Canadian border (7)
6 Quantitative data (10) 7 Western half of New Guinea (5)
8 Canadian capital (6) 9 Domesticated polecat (6) 14 Searching through garbage (10)
17 Hair on the upper lip (9) 18 Idle or malicious chat (6) 19 Hypodermic needle (7) 20 Remove by rotating (7) 21 Wrangle over a price (6) 23 Region of New Zealand’s South Island (5) 25 Midmonth, in the Roman calendar (4)