DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Buck’s ancestor found in shells (6-2-5)
10 Roughening up a front one before evening (9) 11 Conclude fine-tuning with back of hammer (5) 12 Bubbling over about some sort of speech (5) 13 Money needed by Great Lake restaurant (9)
14 Stayed behind after organising men a ride (8) 16 After silver service, dean had things to do (6) 20 Country and western ending alternative approach (6)
21 Air Midwest involvement in cattle butchering (8) 23 Out of breath and scoff at such a sign of life (9) 25 Summer of the snake? (5) 27 Racket got one in the hooter (5)
28 Scrap lunch, seconds after rough behaviour (9) 29 Someone must pay for some lettuce, mash and bread (5,4,4)
DOWN
2 Much of the time one wandered about on foot (5) 3 Trained chairman to hold orchestra leader’s instrument (9)
4 Marsupial sporting beret and fizzy drink (4,4)
5 Lively lass becoming concerned with mould? (6) 6 Cross into building site outlets (5)
7 Votes of Republican bound to be in a free state (9)
8 A cold urn cooking a hot pot? (8)
9 and 23-down Drawing on available part of the workforce (4,4)
15 Spread damage and trouble in rage (9)
17 Soldier regained control over regiment (9)
18 Star eats out with some uncertainty (8)
19 Milk producer in debt, left the kitchen dryer (3,5) 22 Mark out again to be weeping blood? (6)
23 See 9 Dn
24 Put back a red rubber stamp (5)
26 Live in dead end, though quite healthy (5)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Christian organisation founded by William Booth in 1865 (9,4)
10 Desire for carnage (9) 11 Wading bird (5)
12 Wireless (5)
13 Coiffure (9)
14 Plausible (8)
16 Suit of playing cards (6) 20 Animal’s restricting rope (6)
21 Partner in crime (8) 23 Comportment, manner (9)
25 Listlessness (5)
27 Reject with disdain (5) 28 Weariness (9)
29 Skin specialist (13)
DOWN
2 Shun (5)
3 Recording film (5,4) 4 Irritably (8)
5 Beat by cleverness or cunning (6)
6 Remains of a fire (5) 7 Suffering death for one’s beliefs (9)
8 Deviant, abnormal (8) 9 Leg joint (4)
15 Building guarding an entrance (9) 17 Demonstrating during a strike (9)
18 Lookout (8) 19 Retaliatory action (8) 22 Lavatory (6) 23 Occupied (4) 24 Snake’s poison (5) 26 Naming words (5)