DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Given tranquillisers of the deadset form (7)

5 Patrols bombed out entrance ways (7) 9 Kind-hearted assistance returns in the country (5) 10 Tap a price adjustment for each one (3,6)

11 Takes stock and leaves hotel (6,3)

12 Polish the back of cherry stone (4)

14 Ring an airhead for headwear (7)

16 Upfront increase made without initial audit (7) 17 Driver’s compartment is a scene of conflict (7) 20 Framework has a primary coat of varnish (7) 22 Idle junk store (4) 23 Officer placed parasites in map on development (9) 26 Military leader in tradition of retreat (9) 27 Hope radio carried musical performance (5) 28 Andy made farm building a royal house (7)

29 New settler in support of board (7)

DOWN

1 Sharp turn in trade support (10)

2 Indignation when flop has gone astray (7)

3 Shadow on the rails (5) 4 Ambassador didn’t finish college course (7)

5 Parties ruining sea trip (7) 6 Last chain to put in new order (9)

7 Can I find it within myself to be friendly? (7)

8 Difficulty of finding silver beneath tin (4)

13 Cut leaf held off centre (10)

15 If a simple boil increases in size (9)

18 Cruise leader on hover craft has new stripes (7) 19 Pair breaking into miniature garden design (7) 20 In the black figure out near the fringes of night (7) 21 Bright young member of the flock on network (7) 24 End within sniffing distance (5)

25 Female may lose hair (4)

QUICK

ACROSS

1 Parochial, narrow-minded (7)

5 Backing, help (7) 9 Egyptians or Saudis (5) 10 Incredulity (9)

11 Thin small sausage (9) 12 Send by the post (4) 14 Unrestrained, wanton (7) 16 Hard-wearing buff fabric (7)

17 Comfort, give solace (7) 20 Rearrangement of letters to form a new word (7) 22 Unattractive (4) 23 Abnormal, peculiar (9) 26 Weed killer (9) 27 Besmirched, dingy (5) 28 Break down, examine (7) 29 Copied illegally (7)

DOWN

1 Imprecision, erroneousness (10)

2 Sports arena (7)

3 Lariat (5)

4 Bright, shining (7)

5 Nourish (7)

6 Infection and inflammation of the lungs (9)

7 Body opening (7)

8 Tussock (4)

13 Out of work (10) 15 Namelessness (9)

18 Most populous African nation (7)

19 Learned or scholarly (7) 20 Belgian port city (7) 21 Acknowledgement of payment (7)

24 Beeper (5)

25 Flightless South American bird (4)