DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Angel has a queer turn of phrase (6)
4 Furtively stealing private parts (8)
10 The limit of stalwart’s troubles (4,5)
11 Lie about some cloth (5)
12 To be sure to show agreement before wrestling bout (2,5)
13 Unarm miscreant, alright, and go ape (3,4)
14 Bury him carelessly in the meantime (7)
15 Sign that we hear a brass instrument (6)
19 Contented with a tormentor (2,4)
21 Gather and turn back on fire (7)
25 Dull murmur accompanied by beat (7)
27 Submit to stripping beauty of a dramatic scene (7)
28 Limit returning without leave (5)
29 Network valued as rent (9)
30 Spoils the plate, thought reader (8)
31 Neglect to hammer out short ton (6)
DOWN
1 Still, the metric system advanced (6)
2 Re-enact dire scene at home (9)
3 Secretary’s true form in the field (7)
5 Prince and journalist on wing of hospital (6)
6 Kind-hearted idea of minority (7)
7 Cut back normal bumper collection of photographs (5)
8 Elysian fields admitted king behind one’s back (8)
9 Popular candidate to triumph without ceremony (5-2)
16 German assembly designed and set inside Beetle (9)
17 City has shifted king into camp (8)
18 Sun-baking Friar in trouble (7)
20 Make a mess as hands of a ship fall in the drink (5,2)
22 Amber interpreted green light to mean stop all movement (7)
23 Charming jewellery to turn into scrap metal (6)
24 Expert sank endless cash into mine (6)
26 Score a place of note during dinner, for one (5)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Paltry (6)
4 Superior and more expensive (2-6)
10 Low esteem, obloquy (9)
11 Jewelled headdress (5)
12 Outstanding debt (7)
13 Greek hero who slew the Minotaur (7)
14 Habitual ideas and attitudes (7)
15 Hot beverage (6)
19 Parisian palace, home of French Presidents (6)
21 Find fault over petty details (7)
25 Silliness (7)
27 Support for a Jewish nation in Palestine (7)
28 Russian country cottage (5)
29 Complex, labyrinthine (9)
30 Designed to cover all possibilities (5-3)
31 Surpass (6)
DOWN
1 In the middle (6)
2 Incongruity, ludicrousness (9)
3 On the sheltered side (7)
5 Abundance (6)
6 Architectural style of the 20’s and 30’s (3,4)
7 Jack (5)
8 Assign to another post (8)
9 Made void in law (7)
16 Exact copy (9)
17 Recurring at intervals (8)
18 Verve, vitality (7)
20 Grave inscription (7)
22 Mythical bird, reborn in flames every 500 years (7)
23 Brass percussion instrument (6)
24 Be imminent (6) 26 English racecourse (5)