The Star Early Edition

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 1 Rather be relishing the rest (8)

5 Clothes to be left in bags (6)

10 Struggle for credit in the final total (5)

11 Present in style of web producer (9)

12 Use half of them before the game (6)

13 Monsoon is appropriat­e for surfing ensemble (3,5) 15 Circumstan­ces surroundin­g fabricatio­n from the dock? (3,2,3,4) 19 Could bread runners be redesigned as laboratory equipment? (6,6)

22 Phone sect, gibbering in tongues (8)

24 Catholic leadership went after church plate (6) 26 Train nark to catch out crook (9)

27 Go under as doctor won battle (5)

28 Lets us bicker over scrap (6)

29 Sketch out a great deal and pick someone for the job (4,4) DOWN 1 More crowded public transport arouses ire (6) 2 Rupee fluctuated when crossing over the continent (6)

3 Gain time after speed increase (9)

4 Comfort eggheads just outside top marks (4)

6 Parts of a chain of golf courses (5)

7 Red vehicle broke lad in (8)

8 Reserve seat arranged on the boundary (3-5)

9 Tree or stem involved in conflagrat­ion (9)

14 Hidden explosive in the carriage of a seabird? (5-4) 16 Queer way he does make-up (9)

17 Following orders may bode ill on island detention centre (8)

18 Digs up and removes safety circuit (8)

20 Nut holds up middle brow as old style (6) 21 Soundly whips an economist (6)

23 Match fine quality blend (5)

25 Strange unfinished fish trap (4)

QUICK

ACROSS 1 Get the better of (8) 5 Spanish rice dish (6) 10 Waste pipe (5) 11 Equanimity (9)

12 Gift, aptitude (6) 13 Irresolute (8) 15 Profession­al worker (12) 19 Light (12)

22 Sameness (8)

24 Legal scholar (6) 26 Taking and feeding of another farmer’s stock (9) 27 Largest artery in the body (5)

28 Largest desert (6) 29 Practise (8) DOWN 1 Anomaly (6)

2 Empower, facilitate (6) 3 Riddle (9)

4 Dirt, filth (4)

6 Garlic mayonnaise (5) 7 Headquarte­rs of the Olympic movement (8) 8 Small opening (8)

9 Instant, occurring without delay (9)

14 Thin slice of veal (9) 16 Immunise (9)

17 Obliquely (8)

18 Thrive (8)

20 Reflect (6)

21 Attack with machine guns from the air (6)

23 Afterwards (5)

25 Eye infection (4)

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