DOUBLE CROSSWORD
ACROSS CRYPTIC
1 Trace the dog in at work and wind things up (4,3,7) 10 Second in command rang off mouthpiece (5)
11 Block out on bee’s framework (4,5)
12 Pull joker as the main attraction (8)
13 Pixie turned, unsure about carrying too much weight (6)
15 Fortune bewildered austere dreamer (5-5) 16 Sheep or muttonhead in the scientific establishment (4)
19 Removalists take part of the cricket ground (4) 21 Think again about team in corner kicks (10)
24 Loony free in European capital (6)
25 Room for the dead around combat detachments (8)
27 Do another outing while touring (2,3,4)
28 Turn into old clothes and send back sweetener (5) 29 Hit-or-miss minister in acid attack (14)
DOWN
2 Ruling out anger management in the end (7) 3 Drunk wins cake and something to drink (4,4) 4 Holed up when berthed in a craft (10)
5 Stopper for a bottle of port in Ireland (4)
6 Bawdy queen performing ad-lib (6)
7 Blackout as mines failed to connect Asian capitals (7) 8 Repellent form of ant’s sticky end (5)
9 Body odour rolled out of brothel (8)
14 Note is mute about a modern composition (10) 17 By the sound of it, twice the fruit causes dietary deficiency (8)
18 Hit man if fool doubled over at home (8)
20 Went through university to probe commercial diet plans (7)
22 Drive tough deal under tough rural conditions (7) 23 Perhaps those who put up the price of walkers (6) 24 Kiwi mother or international leader? (5) 26 Sound of cattle runs on open ground (4)
Yesterday’s solutions:
Across: 1 Head over heels. 9 Weakest. 10 Pilgrim. 11 Myth. 12 Recognised. 14 Straw hat. 15 Flabby. 18 Digits. 19 Nobodies. 22 Freshwater. 24 Flea. 26 Mundane. 27 Spinach. 28 Sticking point.
Down: 1 Hearthrug. 2 Apex. 3 On the map. 4 Employ. 5 Half Nelson. 6 Earns. 7 Someday. 8 Swamps. 13 Switchback. 16 Brilliant. 17 Sobers up. 18 Defames. 20 Swathe. 21 Tavern. 23 Ennui. 25 Kiwi.
QUICK ACROSS
1 Park where plants are grown and studied (7,7) 10 Go one better (5) 11 Stenography (9) 12 Ravishingly beautiful (8) 13 Feeble, doddery (6) 15 Australian natives (10) 16 Servicemen’s dining room (4)
19 Circular current (4) 21 Imprecise, erroneous (10) 24 Field event (6) 25 Dilapidated, ruined (8) 27 Exclude from a club or profession (9)
28 Upper stratum of society (5)
29 Sweeping statement (14)
DOWN
2 Most populous Canadian province (7)
3 Dieter’s disease (8) 4 Nonchalant (10)
5 Shine, gleam (4) 6 Spherical; obese (6) 7 Inspect closely (7) 8 Biblical city destroyed for its wickedness (5)
9 Dietary fibre (8)
14 Indian Ocean island nation (10)
17 Wraiths (8)
18 Most peaceful (8) 20 Contempt, scorn (7) 22 Japanese emperor from 1989 (7)
23 Gather into wrinkles (6) 24 Remove faults from software (5)
26 Part of a wicket (4)
Yesterday’s solutions:
Across: 1 Hot-air balloon. 9 Blanket. 10 Hauteur. 11 Role. 12 Bruschetta. 14 Anglican. 15 Divide. 19 Petite. 19 Ancestry. 22 Agapanthus. 24 Grid. 26 Tuition. 27 Neutral. 28 Misanthropist.
Down: 1 Headlight. 2 Tyke. 3 Interval. 4 Behest. 5 Loudhailer. 6 Overt. 7 Narrate. 8 Iberia. 13 Filtration. 16 Interpret. 17 Innuendo. 18 Phantom. 20 Yodels. 21 Stench. 23 Alias. 25 Fuji.