Prize crossword

For this puzzle we’ve provided two sets of clues, each giving the same answers. One set of clues is cryptic, one set is quick. It’s a good way to hone your skills, because it gives you two ways to crack the crossword! Two winners will be chosen randomly from all entries (cryptic and quick clues). So whichever set of clues you follow you have an equal chance of winning!

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 What stripper has after a while is class! (6)

4 After a while it goes off with a bang (4, 4)

8 Pasta from Romania cooked with hint of cheese (8)

9 Stare at guy in the summerhouse (6) 10 There’s still one monster in Nepal (4) 11 Debris scattered by journalist is food for our feathered friends (8)

14 Policeman required if force changes (7)

16 Bit of exercise makes you gag on street (7)

18 As the chemist might see it? (7)

20 Delicate if lager’s rotten (7)

22 Prisoner put on island to get building material (8)

24 Woman’s undergarment revealing second cheek (4)

26 Cardinal went in extremely tactfully (6)

27 Keep jam store (8)

28 Acted one funny story (8)

29 Piece of bacon making you more reckless? (6)

DOWN

1 Experimental place cages male creature (4)

2 Mix of cider and lager is something that might require an antidote! (9)

3 I complain about her (5)

4 Attempt to hide one pound in a hat (6)

5 Dash to end of compound to see a ruminant (5)

6 Take in too much, of course! (7)

7 Deborah set out for The Times, perhaps (10)

12 Bar that turns both ways (5)

13 Canadians here see star - Murray, perhaps, with brilliant return (4, 6)

15 Deport the Italian found in West Country river (5)

17 They count towards a cracking breakfast! (3, 6)

19 Solemn feature of hymns in ceremony (7)

21 Part-timer visits the French church (6)

23 Considered to have told tales with no end of cant (5)

24 Something to pierce small fruit (5) 25 Damage caused by fighting around East (4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Moral (6)

4 Device programmed to explode at a set moment (4, 4)

8 Tube-shaped pasta (8) 9 Pavilion (6)

10 Abominable snowman (4)

11 Grains to feed garden wildlife? (8)

14 Sergeant (7)

16 Dilate (7)

18 Strong poison (7)

20 Delicate (7)

22 Cement-based substance used in construction (8) 24 Slide (4)

26 Score (6)

27 Maintain (8)

28 Personal account (8) 29 Slice of meat (6)

DOWN

1 Young sheep (4)

2 Wound inflicted by a cobra, eg (9)

3 - - - Watts, British actress who starred in Mulholland Drive (5)

4 Felt hat (6)

5 Large African antelope (5)

6 Consume in excess (7) 7 Large format newspaper (10) 12 Revolving mechanical component (5)

13 Easternmost Canadian province (4, 6)

15 Banishment (5)

17 Devices for measuring duration of cooking (3, 6) 19 Honest (7)

21 Place of worship (6)

23 Evaluated (5)

24 Javelin (5)

25 Don (4)