DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Cure included elements of popular music with tea (6) 4 Cow of awkward girth stuck in marsh (8)

10 Simple departure is relaxed in standards (9)

11 A light heart not returning to an island nation (5) 12 Makes snare and nets (5) 13 Poser opposing a French timbrel (9)

14 Legacy left by Europeans from the first crusade (7) 15 Fool pinhead amongst friends (6)

19 Look a very quiet listener (6)

21 Bank security is pivotal for the oarsman (7)

25 Top accommodation for writer before he’s outmanoeuvred (9)

27 Time blade spent in Indian’s home (5)

28 Award for duck brand (5) 29 Guards eat out with ex-students (9)

30 Come across poor art and poetry (8)

31 Talk about half mile to lodge (6)

DOWN

1 Worked as a cobbler got better, we hear (6) 2 Husband with some taciturnity (7)

3 Drink developed a sour tang (9)

5 Disrupted a reign of the queen (6)

6 Board to shape up (3,2) 7 Fit to beat time with spirit (7)

8 Close shave kept sir’s mane in some fashion (4,4) 9 See! Ice does get crushed (7)

16 Lie as hogshead falls flat beside Babe (4-5)

17 Street light from scattered palm tops (8) 18 Curious to take the time to raise some flowers (7) 20 Father retained an expert as a solution to all problems (7)

22 Finance from the city (7) 23 Amusement with lighthearted American mould, for example (6)

24 Firm supporting black high fliers (6)

26 Nag and sound a little gruff (5)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Communicate non-verbally (6)

4 Nazi emblem (8)

10 Great ape of Borneo and Sumatra (9)

11 Lukewarm (5)

12 Liquid extracted from fruit (5)

13 Zone between high and low water marks (9) 14 Worthy of confidence (7) 15 3262 light years (6) 19 Soak up (6)

21 Hanging bed (7) 25 Interpret (9)

27 Ointment (5)

28 Soft, creamy candy (5) 29 Spice or sauce (9) 30 Elongate (8)

31 Stinging plant (6)

DOWN

1 Capital of Macedonia (6) 2 Stream of ice (7) 3 Attacker (9)

5 Icy, bleak (6)

6 Locales (5)

7 Irreverent (7)

8 Group of listeners (8) 9 Become rigid and inflexible (7)

16 Ceasefire (9)

17 Refined, stylish (8) 18 Colourful parade (7) 20 Substitute (5-2) 22 Enclosed drain under a roadway (7)

23 Maladroit, graceless (6) 24 Soft and mild (6) 26 Perfume (5)