DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 What separates Britain from the continent? The BBC? (7,7)

10 Drunk on a charge in port (9)

11 Second-grade street is more like an avenue (5) 12 Burn rubber and grass (4) 13 Game artist misrepresented beak (10) 15 Testing type may sack returning digger (8)

16 Run around, madly calling (6)

19 Shame about left-wing dictator (6)

21 Loan firm made it unofficial (8) 24 Bloodsuckers deposited law-maker outside American capital (10) 25 Smack flipping insect (4) 27 Traps poor little fish (5) 28 Two zeros put in the ground when flying solo (2,4,3)

29 Renting a chalet complex for winter warmth (7,7)

DOWN

2 Capital from unit invested in casino operations (7) 3 Auction item brought in love and money (4)

4 Wet areas of briny solution (8)

5 Divine dress circle (6) 6 Supporter turned traitor, abusing referee (10)

7 New arrival is an unusually neat one (7)

8 House deposit (5) 9 Hardheaded and stuffy, but pretty smooth (8) 14 Sounds like horse breaker is the one who stalls (10)

17 Telling off with a late grin (8)

18 Stake in game to run to a buck (8)

20 Spirals or annual rings around non-entity (4-3) 22 Rainy season brings regular hotness inside a month (7)

23 Second cave-dweller to stretch one’s legs (6)

24 Tally up one hundred and score ... (5)

26 ... half a score, raising around half a score later (4)