DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS DOWN

1 Finish the job in a painfully hogtied position (2,3,8) 10 Ensured variety for consumer (3,4)

11 Isn’t put out with everything put in (7)

12 Silver buck returned as arranged (6)

13 Those in charge if forces regroup (8)

15 Tonic enlivened passage in journal or reference work (10)

17 and 19-across Regret following portent of what might actually happen (4,4) 20 Limits seen in preparation and punctuality (10)

23 Repent exchange over time in a trading centre (8) 24 European leader sitting in sauna, remedying illness (6)

27 Reportedly work free in the alfalfa field (7)

28 Make faces at dismal hole in one (7)

29 Moderate and conservative on the same level (4,3,6) 2 Senior wandered, lonely, back inside (5)

3 Frenzy whipped up this year (8)

4 and 26-down Masters ask grade about medieval times (4,4)

5 As deft, firm movement is caught in a vicious tackle (5-5)

6 Rock is able to come down a cliff (6)

7 Individual (mostly female) accompanying a single (9) 8 Desert conflict soaked in blood (6)

9 French palace of an English bishopric (6)

14 A point becomes academic on the other side of the world (10)

16 Lobsters, crabs and other sorts are cactus (9)

18 Italian pudding and I must air differences (8)

19 Belter produces the highest voice (6)

21 Climbs onto weighing machine (6)

22 Dread a Middle Eastern blunder (6)

25 One in flight from street song (5)

26 See 4-down

QUICK ACROSS

1 Parisian boulevarde, leading from the Arc de Triomphe (6,7)

10 Formal letter (7)

11 Violent disorder (7) 12 Artist’s body of work (6) 13 Speculative dealing in stocks (8)

15 Having married parents (10)

17 Prevalent, abundant (4) 19 Move through water (4) 20 Disjointed, rambling (10) 23 Method of cooking eggs (4,4)

24 Make a threedimensional piece of art (6) 27 Lights made of wax (7) 28 Instance (7)

29 Doing backflips (13)

DOWN

2 Japanese verse in seventeen syllables (5) 3 Adulthood (8)

4 Oblique, slanting (4)

5 The process of bringing a lawsuit (10)

6 Religious address (6) 7 Reminiscent, suggestive (9)

8 Jerk back (6)

9 Arm covering (6) 14 Literary assistant who takes dictation (10) 16 Rapidly executed series of notes (9)

18 Trader (8)

19 Foul smell (6)

21 Tie to a stake (6) 22 Silky-coated sheepdog (6)

25 Leguminous crop (5) 26 Boyfriend (4)