DOUBLE CROSSWORD
Yesterday’s solutions: Across:
- 1 Totter. 4 Composer. 10 Limelight. 11 Tulsa. 12 Garnish. 13 Orleans. 14 As one man. 16 Gallop. 19 Hasten. 21 Rhodesia. 24 Ruffian. 25 Ellipse. 27 Skint. 28 Reinforce. 29 Neglects. 30 Closet.
- 1 Telegraph. 2 Timer. 3 Eel-like. 5 Outbox. 6 Patella. 7 Syllables. 8 Reams. 9 Egghead. 15 Ossifying. 17 Placement. 18 Phoenix. 20 Epistle. 22 Doleful. 23 In a rut. 24 Resin. 26 Paris.
Down: Yesterday’s solutions: Across:
- 1 Horror. 4 Nautical. 10 Platitude. 11 Rates. 12 Rampant. 13 Snifter. 14 One-sided. 16 Brunei. 19 Excise. 21 Farcical. 24 Pendant. 25 Gelding. 27 Rural. 28 Analgesic. 29 Yachting. 30 Repeal.
- 1 Hyperbole. 2 Realm. 3 Origami. 5 Averse. 6 Tarsier. 7 Catatonic. 8 Laser. 9 Rustler. 15 Eccentric. 17 Illogical. 18 Gangway. 20 Scarlet. 22 Cologne. 23 Strain. 24 Parry. 26 Issue.
Down: ACROSS ACROSS
CRYPTIC
1 Night flyer dispatched beer to an expectant parent (6-2-2)
6 Seafront as well as beach (4)
10 Post periodical around parts of Bali (7)
11 Queue buys it from ruffians (7)
12 Province of one’s birth? (5)
13 Unpleasant attack (9) 14 Eye the smogless interior (4)
15 Abandoned fault line and hide as quickly as possible (2,4,4)
18 Beautician split its cranium (10)
21 Small joke was told, at length (4)
24 Heavy metal, not heavy like some windows (9) 26 Sort of elegance (5) 27 It’s pool formed on the surface of earth (7) 28 Growing a mane after time in queue (7)
29 Drive off in expensive errand (4)
30 Shimmering red insect I dissected (10)
1 In a logical and rational manner (10)
6 Curved structure serving as a gateway (4)
10 Without pause (7)
11 Not actual, but in almost every respect (7) 12 Entrance-hall, lobby (5) 13 Annoyed (9)
14 Relative of the crow (4) 15 Rule by the rich (10) 18 Shorten, abridge (10) 21 Check, staunch (4) 24 Insertion of a needle in the vertebra (6,3) 26 Lukewarm (5)
27 Verse form with a repeated refrain (7) 28 Diffusion of fluids through membranes (7) 29 Netlike ornamental fabric (4)
30 Gloominess, depression (10)
DOWN
1 Relic of network in office record (7)
2 Test took up most of the legside during athletic contest (9)
3 Preserve business degree in wood (6)
4 But go off attending harbour craft (7)
5 Feared infection with bare head right inside developing fluid (4,3)
7 Legal defence taken aback by sibilance (5) 8 Leave to accept small pudding (7)
9 Pigs seize driver’s licence and take him for a ride (7) 16 A hemp outfit has the bulk to put weight on (9) 17 Shell out local’s penny (7) 18 Incendiary bomb to loom over Vietnamese capital (7) 19 Pull up in behind professional soldier (7) 20 Agreed to be colonised (7)
22 Dawning on the top of nature trail (7)
23 Traversing the union of current and former Supreme (6)
25 Enough power found in ready meal (5)
QUICK
DOWN
1 Pine tree (7)
2 Riddle with cavities (9) 3 Slow down, delay (6) 4 Relating to marriage (7) 5 Young hare (7)
7 Stir (5)
8 Vacation (7)
9 Sexual literature or art (7) 16 Italian appetiser (9) 17 Threatened with violence (7)
18 Southern (7)
19 Push in, interfere (7) 20 Cassava starch, used in puddings (7)
22 Decency in dress or behaviour (7)
23 Powered by nuclear energy (6)
25 Classical order of architecture (5)