DOUBLE CROSSWORD
Yesterday’s solutions:
Across: 1 Appease. 5 Deposit. 9 At a disadvantage. 10 Over exert. 11 U-boat. 12 Stench. 14 Pilotage. 17 Tutorial. 18 Aswarm. 21 Nacre. 23 Thumbnail. 25 Electronic organ. 26 Overran. 27 Soybean.
Down: 1 At a loss. 2 Placement. 3 Agile. 4 Eraser. 5 Dovetail. 6 Pendulous. 7 Shako. 8 Theatre. 13 Carpenter. 15 At an angle. 16 Hawthorn. 17 Tangelo. 19 Melanin. 20 Cubits. 22 Crepe. 24 Booty.
ACROSS
1 Not a private location for a loudspeaker (6,7)
10 Put in for another term during harvest period (9) 11 Distress of the terminally ill after atomic weapon (5) 12 Tending to bring up revolution in the prevailing excitement (6)
13 Good form to degenerate, along with cool head, in the swimming arena (8)
15 Wait on role in play about skid row (10)
17 and 19-across Bring ashore deposit of hidden explosive (4,4)
20 Leader of fashion with due deference to yours truly (10)
23 Doctors gain insight into amount of drug needed to pinpoint disease (8)
24 Frisk doctor when entering prison (6)
27 Great wave (5)
28 Change of position on standing (5-4)
29 Applaud speedy one, prepared to have caught a glimpse (7,4,2)
DOWN
2 Command British sea service (5)
3 Odd piles thrown off balance (8)
4 Carbon to lubricate length of wire (4)
5 Put off excavations and settles (10)
6 Property one removes from truth (6)
7 Help for navigators and drunken tar after stiffener (4,5)
8 Hard-hearted impression of the passionate (6) 9 Beamed distance to keep within speed limits (6) 14 Vacuums after hours for a perfect record (5,5) 16 Unmatched number made plainer (9)
18 Sally and Peter are in conflict (8)
19 Simple street fashion? Just the opposite! (6) 21 Break from work on sculpture (6)
22 Release Punic divisions holding Latin leader (6) 25 Head overhead in celebration (5)
26 Illegal operation worked in the short run (4)
Yesterday’s solutions:
Across: 1 Insipid. 5 Mermaid. 9 Characteristics. 10 Broadside. 11 Ideal. 12 Shekel. 14 Tenacity. 17 Reaction. 18 Sendup. 21 Flour. 23 Stratagem. 25 Exclamation mark. 26 Harvest. 27 Sweeten.
Down: 1 Incubus. 2 Soap opera. 3 Plaid. 4 Detail. 5 Murderer. 6 Rusticate. 7 Agile. 8 Display. 13 Extirpate. 15 Indignant. 16 Constant. 17 Refresh. 19 Pumpkin. 20 Orbits. 22 Oscar. 24 Tinge.
ACROSS
1 Deposed Iraqi dictator (6,7) 10 Make easier to bear (9) 11 First letter of the Greek alphabet (5)
12 Drink (6)
13 Fanaticism (8) 15 Womanish (10)
17 Banded chalcedony (4) 19 Today’s Persia (4) 20 Incentive (10)
23 Set of bells hung in a tower (8)
24 Pillar (6)
27 Musical note (5)
28 Large number (9) 29 Index of the chemical elements (8,5)
DOWN
2 Extemporise (2-3)
3 Swoop down on a target (4-4)
4 Fermented honey (4) 5 Routine, quiet (10)
6 Firm, dependable (6) 7 Powerlessness (9) 8 Overnight bag (6)
9 Voice box (6)
14 Ignorant (10)
16 Sweet smell (9)
18 Wheat product used in pasta (8)
19 Receipts (6)
21 Burrow (6)
22 Graduates of a university (6)
25 Customary (5)
26 Group of countries or parties (4)