DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Take someone in to set this particular clue (3,3,6) 9 Household soldier reading letters by the queen (9)
10 Up early to cut gem (5) 11 Fabulous writer puts energy into soap production (5)
12 Healing split pea in soup suitable for a gourmet (9) 13 Attempt is bound to stave off mockery (8)
14 Just about turn tail too soon (6)
17 Orange readily galvanising every almond tipple, for starters (6)
19 Fear injury within shoe or without shoe (4,4)
23 Clear off desk, supposedly to confuse (9) 25 Boast of starting school with high-flyer (5)
26 Stroke of luck in a whale’s tail (5)
27 Tend on hem, perhaps, to be getting better? (2,3,4) 28 Intense sensations shatter elastic bands (12)
DOWN
1 Iron men in a band force them to join the crew (5,4) 2 Sea trip beat a long, weary journey on foot (7)
3 Sound flattened in the middle as a cut of meat 4 Alarmed by far-off assistance (6)
5 Strike true form with cloud nine (7)
6 Quench in a small pool of water (5)
7 Shocked at silver wedding of head hunter and a saint (6)
8 Streamlined ends of steel jet (6)
15 Moonrise growing small in space (9)
16 Tear off after the hair of a lion or another dangerous beast (3-5)
17 Turn to bone if soy’s gone off (6)
18 Lay half an hour behind a better half (7)
20 Religious celebration began winding up towards dawn (7)
21 Stylish sample retains finish (6)
22 Hated overdraft and debts (6)
24 Weep when top student goes up among eggheads (5)
Yesterday’s solutions:
Across: 1 Badgered. 5 Tappet. 10 Posse. 11 Carnivore. 12 Shoot from the hip. 13 Resist. 14 Truants. 17 Psychic. 19 Cloaca. 21 Spread ones wings. 23 Disrepair. 24 Trend. 25 Clause. 26 Doorstop.
Down: 1 Bypass. 2 Discovery. 3 Electric heaters. 4 Excerpt. 6 A fish out of water. 7 Pooch. 8 Trespass. 9 Prompt. 15 No contest. 16 Episodic. 18 Choral. 19 Cheerio. 20 Used-up. 22 Rasta.
QUICK ACROSS
1 List of works consulted in a scholarly work (12)
9 Lumbar puncture (6,3) 10 Relating to the kidneys (5)
11 Appalling (5)
12 Fit for imitation, praiseworthy (9)
13 Pass on, convey (8)
14 The key to a secret message (6)
17 Furrow, wrinkle (6) 19 Interloper (8)
23 Uprising (9)
25 Pastime (5)
26 Pleasant smell (5) 27 Impromptu collection of money (4-5)
28 Complete control over a situation (12)
DOWN
1 Businessman’s luggage (9) 2 Lennon and McCartney’s band (7)
3 Fearless, daring (8) 4 Ground squirrel (6) 5 Waste away (7) 6 Reddish-brown dye (5)
7 Of glances, directed to one side (6)
8 Instrumentalist (6) 15 Bigoted, narrow-minded (9)
16 Motorway with a toll (8) 17 Cowboy’s enclosure (6) 18 Dried seedless grape (7) 20 Fast musical movement (7)
21 Saudi capital (6) 22 Kingpin (6)
24 Increase; push up (5)
Yesterday’s solutions:
Across: 1 Irrigate. 5 museum. 10 Anger. 11 Autentic. 12 Extra-curricular. 13 Mousse. 14 Explain. 17 Nascent. 19 Elicit. 21 Flight attendant. 23 Accordion. 24 Bribe. 25 Desist. 26 Ethernet.
Down: 1 Images. 2 Righteous. 3 German shepherds. 4 Traduce. 6 Unexceptionable. 7 Extol. 8 Macaroni. 9 Starve. 15 Agitation. 16 Unafraid. 18 Tragic. 19 Extinct. 20 Street. 22 Incas.