DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS 1 Head of school has more than enough of a cross section (6)

4 Noose links top execution (8)

10 Sleuth suffering when cutting them off from others (9)

11 Added unknown ingredient to rate setting (5)

12 Dramatic group thanks lover and embraces Latin (7) 13 Sell off gold stuffed in cot (7)

14 Meant to be a sign but not in action (7)

16 Length of conference (6) 19 Laundry worker used hawser (6)

21 Ravaged after fighting lump or nursing head (3,4) 25 That woman linked articles in case (7)

26 Company to keep is between five and a spirited trio (7)

28 Heart of main body has unknown amount of work to do (2-3)

29 Enlisted man to capture a bawdy Italian military leader (9)

30 Drug that lets one live, not die at random (8)

31 Credit is oddly easy at critical points (6)

DOWN

1 Poised, at ease and a little quiet (6)

2 Changing label carried by beast of burden (7)

3 Cruel distribution of wealth (5)

5 Report and preserve blockage (6)

6 Knowing in advance the oddly chic contents of gift (9) 7 Zip in thong broke (7) 8 Detached retina, hollow eyes and green pupils (8) 9 Worked out that fruit had rude outcomes (7)

15 Pushed to the limit and, in public, cut down (9)

17 Media kit saw some retrograde sign of Fascism (8) 18 Small calibre change in place of the cross (7) 20 Quietly have the odd beer with time for dessert (7) 22 Startle members with noisy toys (7)

23 Importance of reporting delay (6)

24 Lags behind Russian leader in evening dress (6) 27 Bare-bosomed after stripping and turning on the wagon (5)

QUICK

ACROSS 1 Soup dish (6)

4 Hinder (8)

10 Unfavourably, contrarily (9)

11 Happen (5)

12 Young hare (7)

13 Strong Dutch or German spirit (7)

14 Bed covering (7) 16 Cheerleader’s ball (3-3) 19 Racy, suggestive (6) 21 New experience; trinket (7)

25 More uneven or jolting (7)

26 Seize (7)

28 V-shaped indentation (5) 29 Pledged to be married (9)

30 Politician still in office after losing an election (4,4) 31 2000 Olympics city (6)

DOWN 1 Lags behind (6) 2 Renaissance (7)

3 Mistake (5)

5 Youthfully male (6) 6 Delicious (9)

7 Loosen one’s grip (7) 8 Wearying, vexatious (8) 9 Atmospheric conditions (7)

15 Sustained, nurtured (9) 17 Adjudicative body (8) 18 Baroque keyboard composition (7) 20 Indication of disease (7) 22 Make stronger or more durable (7)

23 Language of the Koran (6)

24 Fatal (6)

27 Person authorised to act for another (5)