DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Inclination to check back number for Bolshevik (8) 5 Pressed to dine or take off (6)

10 Prevailing course for the voice (5)

11 Bear in training took everything to be a dancer

(9)

12 Extraordinary to help one man out (10)

13 Runs into marsh plant (4) 15 Function of nag struggling to fit into camp (7) 16 Helps as cripple is without luck (7)

17 Papers improving on exercise (5,2)

20 Evil exploits spaces in the head (7)

22 Parrot flying around southern part of church (4) 23 Showy figurehead marred manly boat (10) 26 Company doctors noting a spread of disease (9) 27 Telling stories while in bed (5)

28 Staggered by wound (6) 29 Instrument left in jalopy with one bag (8)

DOWN

1 Started to smoke when drunk (3,2)

2 Material made granny enthusiastic (7)

3 Leprosy can affect sleeping condition (10)

4 Put through patient (7) 6 Bird may hear differently (4)

7 Simplicity of native performing on horseback (7) 8 Identification of the problem is doing as planned (9)

9 Notable achievement to keep household cleaner (6) 14 Cricketer tossed brew on slip (4,6)

15 Entertainer can depart in pieces (3,6)

18 Nature of German city church (7)

19 Platform revealing how to recycle paper? (6)

20 Stamp around a short time when ground-breaking (7)

21 Marine animal is alone, in a fashion (3,4)

24 Mean to be close fitting (5)

25 Turn out meals (4)

QUICK

ACROSS

1 Amenity (8)

5 Ill-gotten (6)

10 Iridescent gemstones (5) 11 Radioactive element (9) 12 Relevant (10)

13 Prickly seed vessel (4) 15 Humiliate, chagrin (7) 16 School child in a position of authority (7)

17 Eighth planet from the sun (7)

20 Voter (7)

22 Biblical paradise (4) 23 Right of entry (10) 26 Come into existence (9) 27 Tussock (5)

28 Invariably (6) 29 Extremely delicate and refined (8)

DOWN

1 Plant life of a region (5) 2 Tongue of a bell (7)

3 Lewd (10)

4 Trimming of trees into artistic shapes (7)

6 Ancient city of Asia Minor (4)

7 Recreation time (7)

8 Top figure in a fraction (9) 9 Hessian (6)

14 Container, repository (10) 15 Northern US state (9) 18 Advance showing (7) 19 Enamour (6)

20 Obvious (7)

21 Monk’s shaven head (7) 24 Drive out (5)

25 Feel sympathy for (4)