Double Crossword
ACROSS
1 Great lake bed transposed in a circle of exclusivity (7) 5 Shipwreck’s part in some inconclusive or specious argument (7) 9 Longing to act but leg refused to work (5-6) 10 Not even skiing can go astray (3) 11 Stake out a net (4) 12 Star miming actions of new arrivals (10) 14 Laid out in a grander order (8) 15 Nurse empties sacs after stroke (6) 18 Fiddle with odd pair of crustaceans (6) 19 Mined and refined what’s needed by the market (2-6) 22 Hope another single starts turning into pair (10) 24 Plants needing extreme moistness (4) 26 Couple you hear in the middle of a party (3) 27 Rough calculation for first of the guest suites trashed by friend (11) 28 Stakes on a zero being put back in the GPS system (7) 29 Laid down the limits of definite articles of faith (7)
DOWN
1 Food intake for the anorexic, as savage ... (7) 2 ... as eatery setting out tart to air (9) 3 Break free of danger at sea (4) 4 Crooks met on base and laid into vault (8) 5 Half-witted stuff ’s piddly (6) 6 Forced peak production to be completely deadpan (5-5) 7 Writer’s headed off oddly stern playwright (5) 8 Thinks about kind heart and other more negative qualities (7) 13 Bud makes card game continue slowly (10) 16 Raise one’s spirits after swallowing a mug raised with intricate designs (9) 17 Finish so red and spluttering, having thrown one’s weight behind (8) 18 Rise to one’s feet for a comedian’s shtick (5-2) 20 Discharged when holding gun to balloon (7) 21 Drives a lot of cattle (6) 23 Image building on nocturnal predator’s hunt (5) 25 Metal that’s bluish-white, or not, amongst the zircon’s setting (4)
ACROSS
1 Person living under the rule of a monarch (7) 5 Endure, experience (7) 9 Variety of cabbage with white flower heads (11) 10 Baked dish with a pastry crust (3) 11 Bacchanalian revelry (4) 12 Impartial (4-6) 14 Wandering aimlessly, without ties (8) 15 Jeopardised (6) 18 Clergyman (6) 19 Elective, not compulsory (8) 22 Theatrical promoter (10) 24 Berserk (4) 26 Viral respiratory infection (3) 27 Shattered by grief (11) 28 Freedom (7) 29 Having given up work (7)
DOWN
1 Assistance in times of difficulty (7) 2 Middle-class (9) 3 Heroic poem (4) 4 Broadcast pictures (8) 5 Relax (6) 6 Inflammation of the skin (10) 7 Fast (5) 8 Carried too far, or to excess (7) 13 Wholly, without exception (10) 16 Person who controls high appointments (9) 17 Small sharp piece of wood (8) 18 Distressing, sore (7) 20 Compared (7) 21 Whim, unpredictable change (6) 23 Builder’s tool used to test vertical alignment (5) 25 Document issued by a court (4)