DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Mediterranean horse remedy (4,7)
9 Study with German initiate again (7)
10 Decorations of office bash in Algeria (7) 11 Abhorrent violence is done to death (5)
12 Write to limit the price of a holiday (9)
13 Reservoir and returning sea kept pole wet (8)
15 and 18-across Thatcher used form of sarcasm to trap boy (4,4)
19 See men at odds about the right to cross (8) 23 Promotion of stamp with green tinge? (9)
24 Twig that stocking seller has lost his head (5) 26 Allow lion to take up some shade (3,4)
27 Alert and oddly evil dog (4,3)
28 Overuse the credit card and put rent in doubt, unfortunately (3,4,4)
DOWN
1 Planned an average time (5)
2 Corrects mere cricks and croaks (8)
3 Tape open letters without a sound (3,1,4)
4 Groans with irritation at dress (6)
5 Tough sheepskin boot was bathed in blood (6) 6 City of dismal or blue men (9)
7 Flower of alternative comedy originally went underground (6)
8 Dress is capable of covering behind (6) 14 Church leader finding rough trade in the heath (9) 16 Soars off with gas inside sea (8)
17 Dose administered at the last minute, without much hope (8)
18 Terminally ill indicate in a feeble way (6)
20 Pitcher bit into end of vegetable (6)
21 Devoted to carry on bewailing (4,2)
22 Reject is in decline (6) 25 Contribution of one misdirected punt (5)
Yesterday’s solutions:
Across: 1 Put one across. 9 Grenadier. 10 Pearl. 11 Aesop. 12 Epicurean. 13 Travesty. 14 Nearly. 17 Orgeat. 19 Barefoot. 23 Skedaddle. 25 Skite. 26 Fluke. 27 On the mend. 28 Heartstrings.
Down: 1 Press gang. 2 Traipse. 3 Noisette. 4 Afraid. 5 Rapture. 6 Slake. 7 Aghast. 8 Slinky. 15 Roominess. 16 Maneater. 17 Ossify. 18 Amateur. 20 Eastern. 21 Trendy. 22 Odious. 24 Exude.
QUICK ACROSS
1 Ancient Iraq (11)
9 Artwork made from paper and photos (7)
10 Monk’s hairstyle (7)
11 Be useful to (5)
12 Site of trials of Nazi war criminals (9)
13 Cud-chewing animal (8) 15 Immediately following (4) 18 Pig’s cry (4)
19 Pretender (8)
23 Personal mark (9) 24 Metric unit of magnetic flux density (5)
26 Wretched (7) 27 Supporter of the establishment of Israel (7) 28 Bondage, thraldom (11)
DOWN
1 Mediterranean island nation (5)
2 Songbird (8)
3 With child (8)
4 Private teachers (6) 5 Lowest values (6)
6 Mirth; entertainment (9) 7 Finger-shaped cake (6) 8 Altitude (6)
14 Small zoo (9) 16 Misappropriate (8) 17 Defer (8)
18 Become bony (6) 20 Market, exchange (6) 21 Regional dialect (6)
22 21 shillings (6)
25 Part of a dress below the waist (5)
Yesterday’s solutions:
Across: 1 Bibliography. 9 Spinal tap. 10 Renal. 11 Awful. 12 Exemplary. 13 Transmit. 14 Cypher. 17 Crease. 19 Outsider. 23 Rebellion. 25 Hobby. 26 Aroma. 27 Whip-round. 28 Stranglehold.
Down: 1 Briefcase. 2 Beatles. 3 Intrepid. 4 Gopher. 5 Atrophy. 6 Henna. 7 Askant. 8 Player. 15 Hidebound. 16 Turnpike. 17 Corral. 18 Sultana. 20 Scherzo. 21 Riyadh. 22 Bigwig. 24 Boost.