DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 A closure spoilt a fairground attraction (8) 6 Hunted animals may be up for it (4)

10 One who reaps in the fall? (7)

11 Denied requirement to take label over (7)

12 Eyes over as patches of fog lessen (5)

13 Huge drop after epic fluctuations in cost (9)

14 Set about when half of them yelped (8)

16 Cold shoulder those headless Italian gentlemen (6)

19 Yellowish metal in road sign? (6)

21 Architectural ornament is a remnant of glory age (8) 24 Cafés freshly filled cheese in paper carrier (9) 25 Make the running, initially a head (5)

27 Book substitute player (7) 28 Desert fellow behind an interdiction (7)

29 One of a pack of dogs started after motor (4) 30 Neckwear found in drawers of sick people (8)

DOWN

2 A ring for a ring around a lagoon (5)

3 One against work with tough one (7)

4 Battle on, though undermined and without credit (8)

5 Beam during interval in television series (6)

6 Stifling band restricted horse with big heart (7) 7 Wedded state keeping parts of Timor in plenty (9) 8 Small company store ordered small cycles (8) 9 Shiftless deli’s moving (4) 15 European passage elaborated on basic tale (6,3)

17 Beast in the penal settlement (8)

18 Join in and swipe some (4,4)

20 Feed for mashing put under the hammer (7) 22 Bug nannies to take the odd ones out to the point (7) 23 Invent rouge and mascara (4,2)

24 Shouldered a calibre of weapon (4)

26 Linked make of car with model to inspect (5)

ACROSS

1 Type of highly figured fabric (8)

6 Bugle call for lights out (4) 10 Communist (7)

11 Theft (7)

12 Distressed (5)

13 Hit with a glancing blow (9)

14 Economic deterioration (8)

16 Dais (6)

19 Fixed allowance of food (6)

21 Neophyte (8)

24 Continue despite discouragement (9) 25 Aristocratic (5) 27 Keyboard player (7) 28 Witty reply (7)

29 Surfeit, pall (4)

30 Bag carried on the back (8)

QUICK DOWN

2 Units of land area (5) 3 Group of five (7) 4 Workmanship, creativity (8)

5 Ridicule (6)

6 Hot Mexican sauce (7) 7 Executive committee (9) 8 Burn slowly (8)

9 Ancient Greek harp (4) 15 Cascade (9)

17 Killer (8)

18 Swift and spectacular (8) 20 Fatness (7)

22 Finger food (7) 23 Carrier of disease (6) 24 Water main (4) 26 Elementary (5)