Double Crossword
ACROSS 1 Man of the cloth had a place in succession (8) 6 A sports car is the reverse of a classic character (5) 10 Love of some European tongues (7) 11 Her clan's gruesome burial place (7) 12 Couple freezing expensive ... (5) 13 ... stash, iced supply when taken to task (9) 14 Deeply impressed by serious probe into extinction (8) 16 Long passage where the first shall be the last, in a lot of beliefs (6) 19 Stream of abuse as crab is shelled and thrown in the rising sea (6) 20 Circular section in ring, so arranged to keep left, say (4,4) 23 Appropriate directions followed by searcher (9) 25 Singers in church or outside one (5) 26 First of the planets let over the moon (7) 27 After dawn, when the tide may turn (7) 28 Flick through after tango step (5) 29 Hackneyed revues do cloy (8) DOWN 2 Lulu had desire to cover mid-sections (9) 3 Be worthwhile to hold nose - alternately a bit of a nosegay? (5) 4 Forces encircling the pole in various ice ages (8) 5 Drink of the gods in Cretan culture (6) 6 Extremely selfish and badly treated dead beat (9) 7 Levi's sound inheritance? (5) 8 Touches upon being slow to be involved in main rising (7) 9 Mix pint with litre for a large drink (6) 15 Dealt with in the way that most letters are (9) 17 Sum up record on first book written about one's ... (9) 18 ... breakfast time? (8) 19 Drunk raised location of boozer (7) 21 Lucky number comes up while netting scissor-tail butterflies (6) 22 Endless outside broadcast to interior broadcast location (6) 24 Line up for a hairstyle (5) 25 Playing hard to get over endless local source of fur (5)
ACROSS 1 Vigilant (8) 6 Doctor (5) 10 Person who has seen long service (7) 11 Small swift antelope (7) 12 Truck (5) 13 Fine white stone used for statues and vases (9) 14 Unambiguous, clearly expressed (8) 16 Warm-hearted (6) 19 Deject (6) 20 Mental deterioration (8) 23 Athos, Porthos or Aramis (9) 25 Surface of a cut gemstone (5) 26 Eccentric person (7) 27 Of more weight (7) 28 Short and broad (5) 29 Circumspect, tactful (8)
DOWN 2 Insect, crustacean or arachnid (9) 3 Spicy Indian dish (5) 4 Free or improvisational musical piece (8) 5 Bottleneck, deadlock (6) 6 Low storey between ground and first (9) 7 Blue and white earthenware (5) 8 Evidently (7) 9 Slender and graceful (6) 15 Ungainly (9) 17 Crime investigator (9) 18 Examines for hidden articles (8) 19 Call to appear in court (7) 21 Blood vessel (6) 22 Masked, shrouded (6) 24 Hindu holy man (5) 25 Stylishness (5)