DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Arrives to find increased prices at the bakery (5,2) 5 Live with alcohol at the core, to some extent (7) 9 Vagrant one may rave about the point (9)

10 Turns red as when flattened (5)

11 Offspring swallowed duck before long (4)

12 Took feed back, loving the insulting (10)

14 Dated holiday to eruption (8)

15 Comely fellow returned to trespass after a party (6) 18 Must divide pygmy rising (6)

20 Dashing bride on a trip (8)

23 Loot left by killjoy (10) 24 Dress to set off woman at top and toe (4)

26 Steal inside proton machine (5)

27 Add details as able characters make speech (9) 28 Provided returning senior citizen with slip, for example (7)

29 Sank putt for the audience to stay the course (4,3)

DOWN

1 Sun god isn’t separated or married to deluge (9) 2 Knocked unconscious and prepared for the grave (4,3) 3 Footfall signals rise of domestic animals (4)

4 Clap team off for their position on the table (5,3) 5 Fodder to support the Burmese in China (6)

6 At this minute, but not there and then! (4,3,3) 7 Instrument for graduates and the like (7)

8 Bear being swept back on whirlpool (5)

13 Powdered aunt glared ferociously (10)

16 Inflexible line on medical specialisation (9)

17 Shame and upset for every pest in the kitchen (8) 19 Problem with time and money in the Kremlin (7) 21 Eggs served up roughly function as fruit (7)

22 Show one’s face in a new paper (6)

23 Some of the type that backfires (5)

25 Carry out lines for puppet (4)

Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Reservations. 9 Amphora. 10 Calorie. 11 Nail polish. 12 Tuba. 14 Dearth. 15 Transept. 17 Served up. 19 Filter. 22 Orca. 23 Broad arrow. 26 Evening. 27 Edition. 28 Street corner.

Down: 1 Replica. 2 Shot putter. 3 Really. 4 Ancestry. 5 Isle. 6 Nurture. 7 Barn. 8 Decanter. 13 Indication. 14 Discover. 16 Outright. 18 Richest. 20 Terrier. 21 Makedo. 24 Wino. 25 Tide.