DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Grand to splurge and be without the money I had (8)

5 Mother joining mothers in the ladies (6)

10 Swimming is urgent after river holds water (5,4)

11 Use the net with mark of a firm pole (3,2)

12 Nicotine addict with a heart complaint (5)

13 Game is hot among farmers (9)

14 Aquarian era provided lonely heart with salary (3,3)

16 Pork pie turned sour and stringy (7)

20 Secrecy is the last resort (7)

21 Provided backseat guidance on holiday (6)

24 End soccer game in climax (9)

26 Nick back with large mass before church (5)

28 Out of bed following siren’s jolt (5)

29 Elite sat on top with conductor (9)

30 Wild online climatic event (2,4)

31 Care taken by coppers to collar the endlessly insulting (8)

DOWN

1 Almost call off minute examination (8)

2 Score on opening news sheets (5)

3 Yearning for past love in a lasting relationship (9)

4 Crash in computers allowed sound of contentment to return (6)

6 Midway, sailor looked up his charts (5)

7 Jason’s crew tugs an oar free (9)

8 As nets become tangled with the most reason (6)

9 Company left concierge working without a label (7)

15 New to steering around oceans in the monsoon (3,6)

17 Set off again and sway with the changing tide (9)

18 Nut’s end being struck dumb (7)

19 Change nothing more than a sweater? (8)

22 Wanting to come out in front during sack races (6)

23 Exhibitionist dancing troupes to go topless (6)

25 Report of gun law body (5)

27 Irritation at rent just covering hatchback (5)

QUICK

ACROSS

1 Peaceful, calm (8)

5 Dried fruit (6)

10 Sentimental longing for the past (9)

11 Israeli port (5)

12 Head of a municipality (5)

13 Inducing sleep (9)

14 Cloud of gas and dust in space (6)

16 Vanity (7)

20 Advantage, blessing (7)

21 Squirm in pain (6)

24 Collection of dried flower petals (9)

26 Aristocrat (5)

28 Line directed by an actor to the audience (5)

29 Relating to both eyes (9)

30 Bordering (6)

31 Goodbye (8)

DOWN

1 Slum apartment building (8)

2 Evaluation, appraisal (5)

3 Type of square dance (9)

4 Take in food (6)

6 Detest, find repugnant (5)

7 Miser (9)

8 Subtle difference (6)

9 Barbed spear for hunting whales (7)

15 Respiration (9)

17 Record of events (9)

18 Germ (7)

19 Postponement (8)

22 Narcotic derived from the poppy (6)

23 Austrian capital (6)

25 Large body of water (5)

27 Dirty water that collects in a ship’s hull (5)