THE CROSSWORDS
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1 Having a diploma might give one a nice title (10) 6 See a change as no difficulty (4)
10 Shoot for most of the season (5)
11 Prominent feature of Anne’s room (5,4)
12 In so many words go to jail (8)
13 The key note of medicine (5)
15 To argue in such a way is a scandal (7)
17 Boy with nets and lines (7)
19 Takes uncertain steps (7)
21 Reduce each damaged pen (7)
22 Girl is entitled to April in Paris (5)
24 Dead centre? (8)
27 Two signs merge to show where books may be obtained (9)
28 Point out the piebald horse (5)
29 Famous actor making a comeback? Nonsense (4) 30 Fit from doing nothing out of the ordinary (2,4,4)
Down
1 Endure being the ultimate loser (4) 2 Mistaken record etc. is put right (9) 3 Different thing from day (5)
4 Nearing new situation where a gun is effective (2,5)
5 Moderates shouldn’t lose them (7)
7 A grain seen only in oak (5)
8 Training for employment (10)
9 Conceivably isn’t acne in this case (8)
14 One sportsman to be all for reform (10) 16 No-one doubts what this signal means (3,5) 18 Language may make neat prose (9)
20 A part once it’s recast (7)
21 Gets as far as waking up? (5,2)
23 An awkward brute to disprove (5)
25 Bound to be recorded (5)
26 Space to fasten a boat up (4)
QUICK CLUES
Across
1 Suggest (3,7)
6 Accordingly (4)
10 Shallow recess (5) 11 Habitually bad sleeper (9) 12 Discompose (8)
13 A silken material (5) 15 Obtain (7)
17 Great victory (7)
19 Away from the wind (7) 21 Illuminate (7)
22 Make petty objections (5) 24 Commonly known as (2-6)
27 Compelling fixed idea (9) 28 Essential to existence (5) 29 Influence (4)
30 Priority (10)
Down
1 Long eagerly (4)
2 Skilled procedure (9) 3 Corpulent (5)
4 To pare with knife (7)
5 Hold in high esteem (7) 7 Haul up (5)
8 Not new (6-4)
9 Superlative (8)
14 Misleading (10)
16 Very quickly (2,1,5) 18 Worn-out and shabby (4-5) 20 File of papers on subject (7)
21 Terse (7)
23 Prospect (5)
25 Very angry (5)
26 Otherwise (4)