DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Case to fix the time around four (6)

5 Saps cracked head with protrusions (6)

10 Adjusting unit outside rail terminal (5)

11 Prong catches hold of passion fruit (9)

12 Just now, or December 25? (7,3)

13 Call by name from sheet of paper (4)

15 Conjured up aria about working girl in a foreign home (2,4)

16 Winding lanes around the Atlantic isle (2,6)

18 Shows off writhing serpents (8)

20 Bear upon independent politician before the law (6) 23 Refusal to confront American intelligence (4) 24 Make head or tail at the bottom of bear (10) 27 Translate and reprint letters and in French! (9) 28 Spilling paint when clumsy (5)

29 Prize in astrophysics (6) 30 Step or jump quickly (6)

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2 Port ordered new part (7) 3 Vague ailment diagnosed (3-7)

4 Lands in the Oriental express (6)

5 Middlemen can’t cost transactions (8)

6 Exercises in the Indus estuary (4)

7 Common soldier in the closet (7)

8 Total paid to start oil reservoir (4)

9 Lever transported worker to the point (8) 14 Open-minded salesman raised letter (10)

15 Addition and multiplication to foot and pipe fitting (8)

17 Fish and scattered grain stored in farm building (8) 19 Zero latitude for manufacturing quota to accepted by ruler (7)

21 Firm hand amid fluctuating data (7)

22 Made to go higher and took off (4,2)

25 Shower affection on dear head and toe, surprisingly (4)

26 Corner in carriage (4)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Water craft (6) 5 Foundation garment (6) 10 On the move (5) 11 Respected politician (9) 12 Remarkable (10) 13 Tramp (4)

15 Engine fuel (6) 16 Lawyer (8)

18 Grow quickly (8) 20 Greek capital (6) 23 Marine mammal (4) 24 Impromptu (3-3-4) 27 Acquaint (9)

28 Sign of the zodiac (5) 29 Edict (6)

30 Objective (6)

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2 Give the right to (7)

3 Soft red fruit (10)

4 Gloss (6)

5 Form of carbon used in pencils (8)

6 Stink (4)

7 Satirise (7)

8 Daybreak (4)

9 Words with opposite meanings (8)

14 Large breed of black and tan dog (10)

15 Involving the home or family (8)

17 Hairstyle (8)

19 Take aback (7) 21 Even-tempered (7) 22 Roadway (6)

25 Exploit (4)

26 Male pig (4)