DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 An increase in sound to boot (2,4)
5 Affected stylish greeting (3,3)
10 In the morning, employ charm (5)
11 Cry of surprise as original Golden Globe touches Englishman (9)
12 Gold embellished our timid meeting place (10) 13 Land area took its turn in appraisal (4)
15 Oars he used away from the water (6)
17 Passenger list made up main celebration (8) 19 Applaud carriage of garbage (8)
20 Who had dicky seat on an elephant’s back? (6) 23 May sound like a tiny amount (4)
24 Rasta fashion never ending in stalemates (10) 27 Band of archers to let loose (9)
28 Handed over with loose head on hammer (5)
29 Lay down record in the pink (6)
30 Successively backed wheelmark inside tavern (2,4)
DOWN
2 Small pound for sea animal (5)
3 Voters choose zero percentage (10)
4 Glares furiously at lots of beer (6)
5 Drinking party can start with stimulation (8)
6 Lies off speck of land (4) 7 Smote devils in the mind to find settlement (9)
8 Sleep upside down with a muddled head and a hat (6) 9 Retype endless diatribe for dictator (6)
14 Guide underweight gas burner (5,5)
16 Pick up and teach forms of mental torture (9) 18 Partner retained determination to be an artist (8)
19 Coarse recreation area (6)
21 Seals scrum at the base of English back row (6) 22 Poor Malaysian went without any sausage (6) 25 Report on insurance (5) 26 Make new ruby ring (4)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Trouble, contention (6) 5 Repudiate (6)
10 Painful muscle contraction (5)
11 With one’s identity concealed (9)
12 Spellbound (10) 13 High-pitched bark (4) 15 Canopied seat on an elephant’s back (6) 17 Influence, affect (8) 19 Treasured family possession (8) 20 Consequence, outcome (6)
23 Reckless (4)
24 Little known (10) 27 Obligatory, necessary (9) 28 Forbidden (5)
29 Plant disease that causes withering (6) 30 Prestige (6)
DOWN
2 Jewelled coronet (5) 3 Incapable of being travelled through (10) 4 Sovereign remedy (6) 5 Old and frail (8)
6 Epic story (4)
7 Cover up or gloss over failings (9)
8 Whisky (6)
9 Tip over, oust (6) 14 Lacking subtlety or complexity (10)
16 Fanciful, capricious (9) 18 Pessimistic (8) 19 Rupture (6)
21 Lethargy, sluggishness (6)
22 Ploy, stratagem (6) 25 Inspire with feelings or ideals (5)
26 Urban haze (4)