DOUBLE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Masterly maiden after century in command (7) 5 Heartlessly sly politician linked cat with appearance of disease (7)
9 Country party in a cinema building (9)
10 Desert transport turned up, then left (5) 11 Enthusiastic prima donna’s comeback (4) 12 Poetry written about a seedy French palace (10) 14 Workers hold me to keepsake (7)
15 Spartan cut off the Greek core (6)
19 Choice of work with it operating (6)
20 Article dispelled unity in pension payment (7)
23 Stop farmer disturbing the cold ground (10)
25 Hot air revolving around a legend (4)
27 Grab bible to uncover spiritual guide (5)
28 Plan to start out with a treasure (9)
29 Dish made to sink in the middle of the road (7) 30 Dare men to break wind (7)
DOWN
1 Do battle with doctor in application of paint (6) 2 Designer has the skill to cover hectic plans (9)
3 In order that upcoming promotion was for drink (4) 4 Performance of cornet playing in company (8) 5 Meagre box with simple sides (6)
6 Deadly weapon to unhinge stranger under raincoat (7-3)
7 Indian elephant’s tail sorted mail (5)
8 Half moon misses all that sugary stuff (8)
13 Band kept playing as note was filling the air (10) 16 At loggerheads as rage tends to be badly expressed (9)
17 Some sort of punishment for a soldier (8)
18 Runs out of strong arm tactics to a small extent (8) 21 Source of recreation for a castaway (6)
22 Smallholder generated fear about empty room (6) 24 Sober change of clothes (5)
26 Covered walk to enter South Africa (4)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Descriptive nickname (7) 5 Relieve an itch (7)
9 Yes man (9)
10 Sour fruit (5)
11 Swarm, be crawling with (4)
12 Resistant to authority, unmanageable (10) 14 Official punishment (7) 15 Specimen (6)
19 Writer (6)
20 Region of central Italy (7) 23 Royalist (10) 25 Horseback game (4) 27 Scour (5)
28 Uncivilised person (9) 29 Personal disaster (7) 30 Sharply smelling (7)
DOWN
1 Poor substitute (6) 2 Addition, small increase (9)
3 Sensational promotion (4) 4 Farcical imitation (8) 5 Ringed planet (6) 6 Disinclination (10) 7 Musical speed (5)
8 Jacks of all trades (8) 13 Well-disposed (10) 16 Children’s theatre (9) 17 Small South American monkey (8)
18 Surpass, better (8) 21 Threadbare (6)
22 Large wasp (6)
24 Water wheel (5) 26 Mowed grass (4)