DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC
ACROSS 1 Kind of government to place remainder around the hotel (8)
5 Penetration of the arrowhead and copper people (6)
10 Unseat crowd (7)
11 In case of disaster, take the lead of rat poison (7)
12 Infant beheaded by the Gestapo in such a hellish place (5)
13 The shape of a ruined fishing expedition, we hear (9) 14 Unfortunate adder took direction from the Black Prince (6)
16 Pastry chefs kept the end in mugs (7)
19 Measures sounds of the plains (7)
21 Resent devious, yet reportedly sincere, fellow (6) 25 Bristle with flexible arms, including one example of coarseness (9)
26 Drag back behind second big shot (5)
28 Turkish capital and Russian currency in bother (7) 29 Boat dropped dead in stormy lagoon (7)
30 Drown stupid man in a Scottish river (6)
31 Second highest point is critical to the highest degree (8) DOWN 1 Doubles back on dodgy caterers (8)
2 Popular Front heads creative political organisation (5)
3 Window shopper locking forehead with the queen (7) 4 Confine for an endless period in hotel (6) 6 Companies fire on soldier (7)
7 Chaps taking off gear that is the preserve of beasts (9) 8 Pinch the Spanish-American dough (6)
9 Plastic latches on bag (7) 15 Duck, for example, warhead after dodging bird of prey (9)
17 Authorities took new leader on training course (7)
18 Firm beginning to accept law-breaking (8)
20 Wet ground may freeze over boat wreckage (4,3) 22 Language from parts of Cremona or Menorca? (7) 23 Dropped off when centrally heated in a bed (6) 24 Exile in grim transports between Eastern capitals (6) 27 Stuck-up scaremonger belittled Swiss banker (5)
QUICK
ACROSS 1 Manoeuvres of a horse in response to the rider’s signals (8)
5 Agree (6)
10 Composer of The Four Seasons (7)
11 Early childhood (7)
12 Unit of magnetic flux density (5) 13 Simple-minded (9) 14 Middle Eastern nation (6) 16 One who practices selfdenial (7)
19 Exceptional (7)
21 Military combat (6) 25 Fancy-free (9) 26 Balderdash, bunk (5) 28 Even-tempered (7) 29 Spouse (7) 30 Scandinavian nation (6) 31 Lobster-like crustacean (8) DOWN 1 Fit together neatly and cleanly (8)
2 Santa’s little helpers (5) 3 Rescue a vessel in danger of shipwreck (7)
4 Trade organisations (6) 6 Football infringement (7) 7 Squeeze, pinch (9)
8 Saudi capital (6)
9 Plant waste used as fuel (7)
15 Procreate (9)
17 Blade attached to the muzzle of a rifle (7)
18 Sully (8)
20 Diameter of gun barrel (7)
22 Smoker’s receptacle (7) 23 Puts forward for consideration (6)
24 Pelt with missiles (6) 27 Japanese writing system based on Chinese characters (5)