DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS 1 Soldier tucked into homely old lady’s stomach-turning food (6)

5 Cocktail dress draped around painting (7)

10 Wall paintings didn’t start in the mountains (5)

11 Irish city’s hands appear to wind (9)

12 Indian to joke and punch midair (7)

13 Case for a gun to blast hostel by the end of October (7)

14 Press core elements to treat core waste (9) 17 Endless chatter of congregation’s leader (5) 18 Freeze union involvement in epic production (3,2)

20 Get grease extracted from chocolate treat (6,3) 22 Sweet fall of a eucalypt? (7)

24 Fresh manure-encrusted love charm (7)

26 Prisoner swore and received head injuries (9) 27 Let terminally ill pass gently (5)

28 Why rats move in the dark (7)

29 Rubber erased division between Africa and Arabia (3,3) DOWN 2 In addition to middle class profit (5)

3 Secret police wasted postage (7)

4 Wise man concealed battered relic during desecration (9)

5 Bog supplies planet with hydrogen (5)

6 Thief runs after losing lustre (7)

7 Out of sorts to reflect the heart of firm on board (9) 8 Not broken down when joining employed band of brothers? (2,7,5)

9 Minor roles to be speaking in favour of legislation (10,4) 15 Complaint of the lungs working up on a mine (9) 16 Set out unpressed article of clothing (9)

19 Tear up fabric without question of floor covering (7)

21 Renal core oozed blood when put into operative condition (7) 23 Troublesome contents of open heavens (5)

25 Talk about unlimited top speed (5)

QUICK

ACROSS 1 Political and spiritual leader of Indian independence (6) 5 Advance showing (7) 10 Secluded corners (5) 11 Doubt (9)

12 Short witty remark (7) 13 Violent storm (7) 14 Paying attention (9) 17 Assumed name (5) 18 Tumbler (5)

20 Gradual increase in volume (9)

22 Miser, cheapskate (7) 24 Ceaseless (7)

26 Specify as a condition of agreement (9)

27 Bulbous vegetable (5) 28 Training school (7) 29 Place of worship (6) DOWN 2 Garlic mayonnaise (5) 3 Merit, warrant (7) 4 Someone who cannot sleep (9)

5 Assert, propound (5) 6 Former province of Ethiopia, now independent (7)

7 Counterfeit (9)

8 Looking at goods without buying (6,8)

9 The educated elite (14) 15 Place of imagined peace and happiness (7-2) 16 Conservation zone around a city (5,4)

19 Height, standing (7) 21 Adjust to accepted standards (7)

23 Journal (5)

25 Try out, test (5)