The Star Late Edition

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC ACROSS

1 Leisurely walk with small Scandinavi­an monster (6) 4 Do ration dishes feature in Indian cooking? (8) 10 Metropolis that was smart in the past (7)

11 Put in tins, shaking the lot (7)

12 Enthralled by some demagoguer­y (4)

13 Clear off to lay down a record? (4,6)

16 Distended, having bolted a stew (7)

17 Club with piano, say (6) 20 Occupy, at best, every other part on the globe (6) 21 Most Indian exercises harm dairy food (7)

24 Space suits cars for each office block (10)

25 Dire outcome of journey (4)

27 Ruler starts on eliminatin­g mass media (7) 29 One sickened after midwives profited (7)

30 See apart, pull apart and come apart (8) 31 Moneylende­r certain to be found in Biblical city (6)

DOWN

1 Cola is used as mixer (6) 2 Where horn is aptly altered? (11)

3 Metal in the van (4)

5 Team entered as lines to the audience (6)

6 It’s mixed in medicine for the agitated (10)

7 Eggs found in innovative clutches (3)

8 Your ills turned out to be all in the mind (8) 9 Well-groomed cleaner raised the dead, unfortunat­ely (7)

14 Grub to provide sustenance and support (11) 15 Racecourse developed as church in Paris (5,5) 18 Poor actors’ rest disturbed by pets (8) 19 Wine bars presage flatulence (7)

22 Hound gets big head over valuable property (6) 23 Sensitive proposal (6) 26 Graduate to make an advance (4)

28 Secretary quietly mashed food (3)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Gossip (6)

4 Ocean between North America and Europe (8) 10 Cry of derision (7) 11 Typical instance (7) 12 Hawaiian feast (4) 13 Requisites (10) 16 Affectedly refined (7) 17 Ingenious device (6) 20 Commotion, hubbub (6) 21 Irrigated rice fields (7) 24 Transporta­tion (10) 25 Lure for fish (4) 27 Establish firmly on the mind (7)

29 Widely-spoken language of East Africa (7) 30 Nuisance, annoyance (8) 31 Flat projection on a tool (6)

DOWN

1 Titillate (6)

2 Solid figure with four faces (11)

3 Heavy metal (4)

5 Ancient Egyptian capital (6)

6 Ultra-modern (5-5) 7 Faucet (3)

8 Wood preservati­ve (8) 9 Rouge (7)

14 Accumulati­on, assemblage (11)

15 Military planner (10) 18 Courgette (8)

19 Scornful or ironic language (7)

22 Long board used in flooring (6)

23 Conflict, trouble (6) 26 Weep loudly (4) 28 Accepted standard (3)

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