DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Lunch break dawns by speaker in German (8) 5 Spouted out of crack he’s dug (6)
10 Feature admiration (7) 11 Supposing nothing missing (7)
12 Earliest to heal rifts (5) 13 Sponge down after team’s glancing blow (9) 14 Clear that little devil has broken cover (6)
15 Most of them hold combat to be a strong defence (7)
19 String up idol, returning with a guilty look (7)
21 Basic fashion plates (6) 25 At risk of crashing into Helen (2,3,4)
27 Not sparkling yet (5) 28 Indonesian island embracing English language (7) 29 Swashbuckling cry of approval surrounding a dramatic entrance (7) 30 Gilded fitting room inside club (6)
31 Sea doing work in American naval base (3,5)
DOWN
1 Science resolving flu or a past complaint (8)
2 Tons of trouble taking liquor as a remedy (7) 3 Ringing around for arousing nightwear (9) 4 Most winsome copper on trial (6)
6 Union isn’t serving individual members (5)
7 Hot, windier and much more risky (7)
8 Determined coppers holding over first young bird to come up (6)
9 Press one’s suit with duct, making it into print (7) 16 Stand up to accompanying booth (9) 17 Shrewd constabulary don’t finish with adopting information technology (7) 18 Flush and stir after spring (4-2-2)
20 Opposite word for the opponent of Caesar, J? (7) 22 Unofficial non-officer (7) 23 Howler to hoot twice (3-3)
24 Initially Buenos Aires exploited the country (6) 26 A mile off modern communication (5)
QUICK ACROSS
1 Salad of shredded cabbage (8)
5 Midwest American state (6)
10 Turn at batting (7) 11 Advent (7)
12 Sporting field (5) 13 Pretentious, pompous (9) 14 Putrid (6)
15 Appear on stage (7) 19 Calumny (7)
21 Spud (6)
25 Lower part of the gut (9) 27 Rid of impurities (5)
28 US city on Lake Michigan (7)
29 Shackled (7)
30 Motor fuel (6)
31 Municipal councillor (8)
DOWN
1 Knightly code of honour (8) 2 Covered light (7)
3 Feeling, awareness (9) 4 Select and appoint to a post (6)
6 Caustic, pungent (5) 7 Redeemer (7)
8 Precious metal (6) 9 Nightclub entertainment (7)
16 Engineer’s platform in the cab of a locomotive (9) 17 Spoken blessing (7) 18 Neptune’s Greek counterpart (8)
20 Wooden framework (7) 22 Word formed from the initials of others (7)
23 Sticky, glutinous (6) 24 Mexican liquor distilled from fermented agave juice (6)
26 Frighten (5)