DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Table of happenings and clear designs (8)
6 Return to downsized timeshare house (4)
10 Poem made backing song for some outlets (7)
11 A hunter discarded find (7) 12 Spirit returned with drink before noon (4)
13 Fine-tune freight transportation (5,5)
15 Point so belaboured at more than one election (7) 16 Top end rented out over the moon (7)
18 Hang bad crook as accessory (7)
21 Suffocating bald East Ender (7)
23 Tolerating the purpose of a dam? (10)
24 Vessel with second-class fixtures (4)
26 Well-read egghead getting impolite about computing (7)
27 Minced meat with herb and Australian stuffing (7) 28 Hand out cards and lead by mistake (4)
29 Saw ankle twisted at the ballet (4,4)
DOWN
2 A path’s relaid round the bottom of full pitch (7) 3 Count left behind listener (4)
4 A second order of clergymen (7)
5 Gather when boxer is just leading? (5,2)
6 Steady state, where fitting (10)
7 Earthlings having scruples about terrestrial leader (7) 8 Beast can live as a male insect (8)
9 Consider just short of slight (4)
14 Two dollar note for the picture show? (6,4)
17 Buck, perhaps, covers logo of a trendy label (8) 19 Untrue position about never-ending parenting (7) 20 Strange setting for precious stones (7) 21 Forgetting feeble men may be incontinent (7) 22 Reserve each empty room on boat (7)
23 Run one’s hand over fisherman’s first fish (4) 25 Mongrel on lake made winter sport (4)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Carbonaceous fuel made from wood (8)
6 Buoyant platform (4) 10 Branch of mathematics (7)
11 Skin at the base of a fingernail (7) 12 Pre-arranged combat between two men (4) 13 Belligerent (10)
15 Futile (7)
16 Everlasting (7) 18 Right-wing authoritarian (7)
21 Become viscous or dense (7)
23 Disappointing finish (10) 24 Pacific island with US military bases (4) 26 Insulting, vituperative (7) 27 Thin dry biscuit (7) 28 Numerous (4) 29 Adolescent (8)
DOWN
2 Sanitation, cleanliness (7) 3 Deep red colour (4) 4 Citrus fruit (7)
5 Alfalfa (7)
6 Spit for cooking meat (10) 7 Invented story (7) 8 Manacle (8)
9 At this place (4)
14 Person of average ability (10)
17 Prominent feature (8) 19 Variety of mandarin (7) 20 Three-pronged spear (7) 21 Block of shares sold (7) 22 Finger joint (7) 23 Medium for growing bacteria (4)
25 Molten rock (4)