DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Latest is dependent on the microscopic (2-2-3-6) 10 Googles as pages turn (5) 11 Poor tailor’s confession when begging (9)
12 Firm is safest at transport around the department (9) 13 Answer broadcast neither fore nor aft (5)
14 Dog food (4)
15 Shop for tea to stuff in handbag (8)
19 Decline to double without finishing underweight (8) 20 Look at some frog legs (4) 23 Turn to obliterate some of what’s kindled again (5) 25 Sized up a potential leader and paid tribute (9)
27 Tear into players, getting one wicket (9)
28 Supply crack to follow the economic source (5)
29 Have authority to accept order varies if open to question (13)
DOWN
2 Sprinkle over single pizza topping (9)
3 Foul is done in a legal position in football (6)
4 Holy man resolved to leave love to the song book (6)
5 In the end, illuminator redrew fabulous beast (8) 6 Pest is lying in the shade (8) 7 Run up on the finishing line (5)
8 Earnings failed to start for donkey’s years (4)
9 Rush from the dampest parts on the bottom of the mire (8)
14 Falls from a cart, failing to go on stage (8)
16 Drinks mixer on rugs at a party (9)
17 One had upbringing to join religious parish, for example (8)
18 Battle in Texas to get a hot meal cooked (3,5)
21 Runs into wild sheep field (6)
22 Comes to a point where car model needs spare parts (6)
24 To make a catch, give the girl a ring (5)
26 Perform exercise on grass (4)
ACROSS
1 Theme, topic (7,6) 10 Echo system used to detect distant objects (5) 11 Sentimental longing for the past (9) 12 Accomplished and prolific writer (9)
13 Tear into strips (5) 14 Fate, downfall (4) 15 Look like (8)
19 Marshy areas (8) 20 Projecting edge (4) 23 Partial fracture (5) 25 Miner of stone (9) 27 Digression (9) 28 Slogan, byword (5) 29 Together making up a whole (13)
QUICK DOWN
2 Being downtrodden (9) 3 Legal scholar (6) 4 Plainspoken (6)
5 Petty misdeeds (8) 6 Assign to another post (8) 7 Keen (5)
8 Ridge over the eyes (4) 9 Idle reverie (8) 14 Crestfallen (8) 16 Instrument for measuring air pressure (9) 17 Wicket-keeper (8) 18 Sufficient (8)
21 Fishing gear (6)
22 Actor’s cue (6) 24 Concerned with the reproduction of sound (5) 26 Gas used in illuminated signs (4)