DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC
ACROSS
1 Brings up short at the end of play (6)
5 Directive behind beachfront march (6)
10 Can return in American detachments (5) 11 Indescribable reworking of fine tale (9)
12 Boat raised with relish (7) 13 Explain unit missing in peculiar assortment (5,2) 14 Keep watch around shelter when ready for bed (6)
15 Working women outside limited business spells financial disaster (8)
18 Give a rocket to nomad, foiling his wandering (8) 20 Under Prohibition, checked listener was lifeless (6)
23 Average anguish curtailed ideal (7)
25 Bent scrap in angle (7) 27 Swearing made girl dance more wildly (9) 28 Warning of a clout around the back of the ear (5)
29 Marine processes stay put (6)
30 Reel in the tail of fast river mammal (6)
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2 New titles include hard order from Scotland (7) 3 Unsightly mash is produced by writer (9) 4 Philby made into one of his kind, with little excess (6) 5 Makes gaps heard in riding gear (8)
6 Flick through obscure file at the bottom of the drawer at last (5)
7 Harlem bar got around prohibition (7)
8 Lost weekend after half the weekend (4)
9 Throw open wary arms (8) 14 Made pets nervous and livestock panic (8)
16 Scold great man carousing on the West End (9)
17 A cool head comes between unruly unions and American capital (8)
19 Half mile clear, breaking out of marvellous event (7) 21 Alarm it when there’s an opening to the outside (7) 22 Aviation wing to fall behind in battle (6)
24 Fruit crop raised in the Yugoslav August (5)
26 Up for amusement (4)
QUICK
ACROSS
1 Prawn (6)
5 Human face (6)
10 Fertile spots in the desert (5)
11 Reckless outlaw (9) 12 Rope and anchor with multiple hooks (7)
13 Caustic language (7) 14 Deject (6)
15 Right to vote (8) 18 Farcical parody (8) 20 Variable (6)
23 Cattle farmer (7)
25 In general, on the whole (7)
27 Crass, vulgar (9) 28 Iridescent gemstones (5) 29 Promised Land (6) 30 Maintenance (6)
DOWN
2 Conserve resources (7) 3 Two-faced (9)
4 Canoe oar (6)
5 Volcano that destroyed Pompeii (8)
6 Exhausted (5)
7 Crunchy flavoured ice (7) 8 Metal disc, struck with a hammer (4)
9 Coal mine (8) 14 Completely soak (8) 16 Supporting structure (9) 17 Source of caviar (8) 19 Loss of memory (7) 21 Pointless or absurd act (7) 22 Largest Japanese island (6)
24 Dog-like African carnivore (5)
26 Final (4)