DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS 1 Fabric is a bit ragged by the back end (5)

4 Capitol works by light (7) 9 Holy orders to stuff into a nest, in some way (9)

10 Few lousy rupees for such sweet stuff (5)

11 Giant down-hearted to be fat (6)

12 Behind real loony left in the end (5,3)

14 Telegram in tears from military groups (10)

15 Drive in the morning after a bit of liquor (4) 18 Caught chaff in bed (4) 20 Reflected on foreign creed restricting short dresses (10)

23 Mugs hold sole justification for intimate photos (5-3)

24 Takes over after United and Spurs clash (6)

26 Talk endlessly of being cooked about right (5) 27 Can lot be plastered around the jug at night? (9) 28 Training device to fit litre inside litres, perhaps? (7) 29 Wet one is in the majority (5) DOWN 1 Endorse record of work to be done (7)

2 Cafés are too bothered by empty mouths (8)

3 Look up in prison (4) 4 Following the usual practice of a sister in civvies? (3,2,5)

5 Steals fashionable bunch of threads (6)

6 Constant roar is produced by pirate (7)

7 Single paling held up some of the suit (5) 8 Available only to enigmatic coteries? (8) 13 Doesn’t breathe enough in briefs! (10)

16 In a retiring fashion, the old set out to lodge in my house (8)

17 Muslim leader is bitter I was in an American state (8) 19 Elemental form is the loopiest in the end (7) 21 Mark of a royal bed outside the right unit (7) 22 Breakfast was a clear solution containing top of egg (6)

23 Head of clan changing date for junior branch (5) 25 Dregs of society number a hundred in total (4)

QUICK

ACROSS 1 Transparent solid that refracts light (5)

4 Tongue of a bell (7) 9 Newly coined word (9) 10 Wading bird (5) 11 Camera support (6) 12 Establishment where goods are deposited in return for a loan (8) 14 Backfires; returns unexpectedly (10)

15 Strike breaker (4) 18 Wicked (4) 20 Atonement (10) 23 Resemblance, connection (8)

24 Person who pretends to be something he is not (6) 26 Young women (5) 27 March with the legs swinging high (5-4) 28 Sentry (7)

29 Actor with a nonspeaking part (5) DOWN 1 Stipulation (7)

2 Varieties of the same element with different numbers of neutrons (8) 3 Female servant (4)

4 Went electioneering (10) 5 Greek goddess of wisdom (6)

6 Of a victory, gained at too great a cost (7)

7 Bowler’s approach (3-2) 8 Precarious, shaky (8) 13 Having no leaks (10) 16 Financially ruined (8) 17 Adversary (8) 19 Conflagration (7) 21 Disinclination to move (7) 22 United Nations’ cultural and scientific branch (6) 23 Divine being (5)

25 Wish, expect (4)