Daily News

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Cut tax (6)

4 Blade’s home in small taxi before poet (8)

10 Jump for joy over minor part to display (4,2,3)

11 Acclaim surroundin­g minister’s first appearance in the press (5)

12 Inseparabl­e parts of a horse (4)

13 Prisoner puts forwards rivals (10)

15 Sees trouble around top holiday resorts (7)

16 One member with skill to pass on (6)

20 Left out greed from accounting journal (6)

21 Odour of sanctity to raise one’s hackles (7)

24 Electricit­y produced by a motor or engine at work? (10)

26 Nothing more than a small pond (4)

28 Turner was delayed about an hour (5)

29 Disturbed dreamer in rest (9)

30 Distaste for one side of the story (8)

31 My wish turns out to be an odd idea (6)

DOWN

1 Cover organisati­on of new strike (6)

2 Dilapidate­d old places fell apart (9)

3 Prove to partly establish ownership (4)

5 Minister arranged a truce (6)

6 Old buffer to make spine less sensitive? (4,6)

7 Open midway, using a peg (5)

8 Spit does build up accumulati­ons (8)

9 Compartmen­t containing solitary bunk (7)

14 Enter the ministry to obey one’s superiors (4,6)

17 Master exploited mother for capital (9)

18 Runners tire before Fitzgerald (8)

19 Tells where pupils are taught (7)

22 Forested interior flourishw

23 Sticky end coming too soon once a season (6)

25 Inert constituen­ts and explosive element (5)

27 Centre mine on hammer head (4)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Refrain, stop (6)

4 Scottish musical instrument (8)

10 Domination (9)

11 Identical in size or value (5)

12 Element of a sentence (4)

13 Garrulous (10)

15 Supplement to a will (7)

16 Swelling caused by the accumulati­on of fluid (6)

20 Adjusts to a new environmen­t (6)

21 Muscle in the upper arm (7)

24 Clumsiness (10)

26 Traditiona­l learning (4)

28 Surpass, go one better (5)

29 Friendly, agreeable (9)

30 Passing reference (8)

31 Separate chaff using the wind (6)

DOWN

1 Repudiate (6)

2 Exploding star (9)

3 Fat used to make tallow (4)

5 Sanctuary (6)

6 Foreknowle­dge (10)

7 Greek god of the underworld (5)

8 Commercial traveller (8)

9 Artery supplying blood to the head (7)

14 Imaginary, invented (10)

17 Detonation (9)

18 Canadian prairie province (8)

19 Judicious, careful (7)

22 Plaster wall (6)

23 Lemon, saffron (6)

25 Laud (5)

27 Military cap with a flat circular top and visor (4)

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