DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS 1 View that is unbroken, or broken in the case of a canal! (8) 6 Sexpot shaved down for show (4) 10 Crush I have on the work of Scott (7) 11 Meatier parts of the Gulf country (7) 12 Pleasure trips derail priest and undertaker (7,8) 13 Paying crowd gold for cake (6) 14 Merriest functions in galleys (8) 17 Calf or us suffering from disease (8) 19 Like the stars to be never-ending in the new atlas (6) 22 How it can come down to having a soft spot for domestic animals (4,4,3,4) 25 O Henry’s disreputable diner (7) 26 Can be shaped in steel construction (7) 27 Sound off without the last bit of responsibility (4) 28 Wasted year bagging young female agent (8)

DOWN 2 Silver and tin as alloyed in facing (7) 3 Planning for health of one’s partner (5,4) 4 Gaoled criminal of the traditional type (3,3) 5 Made earliest appearance in studios (8) 6 Flower of society settled above and below earth (5) 7 Unneutered cat at the bottom of acidity? An illusion! (7) 8 It brought up very loud words (4) 9 Rips apart during genuine counterattack (8) 13 Regulate a legion’s fuel (8) 15 Dissenter threw out lodgers (9) 16 Motoring hazard in levelled Lebanese city (4,4) 18 Profits from Playboy wickedness (5,2) 20 One stepping into playing Romeo has the right to be more expansive (7) 21 Chairman sounded out allegience with liquor (3,3) 23 With a cool head, she’s playing a game (5) 24 Soaks up slow-cooked meal (4)

Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: - 1 Schooner. 6 Stash. 10 Earshot. 11 Barkeep. 12 Idyll. 13 Posterity. 14 Two-toned. 15 Blotto. 18 Elbows. 20 Semester. 23 Smart Alec. 25 Rhone. 27 Raptors. 28 Molotov. 29 Roast. 30 Abnegate.

Down: - 2 Currycomb . 3 Othello. 4 Not a peep. 5 Robust. 6 Surreal. 7 Azeri. 8 Happy hour. 9 Yeti. 14 Treasurer. 16 Tit for tat. 17 Henchman. 19 Without. 21 Earplug. 22 Plasma. 24 Alpha. 26 Envy.