The Star Early Edition

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

- CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Accident of masthead colliding with a ship at sea (6)

4 Register right to make further changes (8)

10 Bird and man tending to move apart (9)

11 Fresh conservati­ve list (5) 12 Capital managed by thug (7)

13 Migrant could start after new domain (7)

14 Breast bar for a server of drinks (3,4)

15 Flexible one in factory (6) 19 Real and authentic parts of a carriage (6)

21 Cook dips toe in beef (7) 25 Contract a card game (7) 27 Firebreath­er devoured head of old soldier (7)

28 Put forward casket without top (5)

29 Projection to end gap generated in mirror (9) 30 Fish count took in clergyman (8)

31 Crafty centre forward gets in a scrap (6)

DOWN

1 Recent fashion with the navy (6)

2 Number observed circling contest (9)

3 Place to land at prior position (7)

5 Get in a pickle when taking food (6)

6 Died with malice, debunking our currency system (7)

7 Overturn central court and await settlement (5)

8 Neat order to join metropolit­an force (8) 9 Somewhere to sit and live with a bang, somehow (7) 16 Dish out aid with copy of sound recording (9)

17 Make oneself scarce or get hit round the lug (5,3) 18 Delays serious crimes (4-3)

20 Country road ran off beam (7)

22 Stop being loyal (7) 23 Military unit tailed off (6) 24 Mean tinned ingredient­s (6)

26 Lifer used weapon (5)

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