DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Twin makes sense for those after 9 (6,7)

10 Had a stab at it and was hauled before court (5) 11 Castle ran out of one’s forebears (9)

12 Miss holding man-made correspondence with the stars (3,4)

13 More masculine meatworker? (7)

14 Waste darn time (6) 16 Tail end brought forth by the pig-headed (8)

19 In passing via one particular route (2,3,3) 20 Adult characters have married under Jewish law (6) 23Groupofrugbyplayersempty pantryof grog(7) 25 Grew trendy fruit (4,3) 27 Coach to burn a book by South African leadership (9) 28 March follower and leader of the party inside hideous lair (5)

29 Steppe’s reaching the heights of bluntness (5-8)

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2 Strange notion to drop the end of light bulb (5)

3 Wet down pallet and gargle solution (9)

4 Allow jumping bean outside lane (6)

5 Island furnished neat house for young animal to aid its development (8) 6 Union leader took a false step and toppled over (5) 7 Crawler to throw party in each room (9)

8 Rods applied to some groups of workers (6)

9 Coin used once for nil results (6)

15 Drop in the river after crashing through barrier (9) 17 Heads confer about Jack’s growth (9)

18 Cautious listeners in times of conflict (3,5) 19 Bishop has one faction of the church cut in two (6) 21 Valley sheltered very soft spot (6)

22 Nothing clear produced in such a message (6)

24 City of note north and south of one (5)

26 Awful horn bag taking on the original early bird (5)