The Star Late Edition

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Wander after blackheade­d blackberry (7) 5 Dress down to tempt and snare tricks, etc (7) 9 Whichever archaic Indian address was all over the place (3,3,3)

10 Concoct ethics to cover a musical group (5)

11 Neglect issued orders (6) 12 Defensive position staked out around commander (8)

14 Gather to support exchange in tennis ball (5,5) 16 Concentric circles at some time (4)

18 Force branch by the side of yard (4)

19 Generally conceded that glove was involved in deadly exploit (10)

22 Clean out train, say (8) 23 Lay down storm drain behind oceanfront (6) 26 Sound and smell enveloping unit (5)

27 Fix tie in knots for an unsociable person (9) 28 Hollywood horse put in front of a road trailer (7) 29 Lays to rest on best structure around the motorway (7)

DOWN

1 Paying guest for skirt, say (7)

2 Donkey kept by pit (5) 3 Doctors use belly as target (5-3)

4 Copy units of multiple choice (4)

5 Rule new leader tangled in nets during sport (4,6) 6 Coal smeared about body cavity (6)

7 Raw nut cracked and came down in buckets (9) 8 Former wife turned meter on its end (7)

13 March is uninspirin­g without discipline (10) 15 Sorry, it’s out of alignment (9)

17 Sally forth as celebrity scalper (5,3)

18 One learns rubbish from magazine (7)

20 Americans made keen, say (7)

21 Two articles brought up article for the goddess (6) 24 Principle of ten and ten in the morning (5)

25 Some ground for race riot (4)

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