CRYP TIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 People taking the plunge may have these when entering flat (5,5) 6 Cricketer’s undergarment (4) 9 Tree novelist knocked over (5) 10 A classical good-looker — too much so, on reflection? (9) 12 Unusual reason to eat off the floor? (7) 13 Exotic Tokyo, Japanese city (5) 15 King who enters immediately to display gift (4-3) 17 Flipping article keeping nothing private (7) 19 Shake beech, perhaps my ball oddly is stuck inside it (7) 21 Discount from the man getting in pecan nuts (7) 22 One’s caught in crowd in lift (5) 24 Shy, retiring and quiet — that is difficult! (7) 27 Bring down finished project (9) 28 It could be in the score: six-nil against the French (5) 29 High-flier’s clobber put down by European (4) 30 Rhino using ground for feeding (10) DOWN 1 Crash party (4) 2 Wasted Moselle on fish (5,4) 3 Rising river requires check in vessel (5) 4 Weapon to burn front of ship (7) 5 Hospital department supports alcohol warning (7) 7 Large animal — old cowboy probably has one (5) 8 Patronising at sea to ignore a seal (6,4) 11 Douglas maybe missing start — a little annoying (7) 14 What drawer opens to put arty

stuff in? (10) 16 Garment put on at home (7) 18 Softly open ripe bananas for

something to eat (9) 20 Almost board ship, then turn

and stop (7) 21 Elderly wife in vehicle, creating tense political situation (4,3) 23 Still fashionable: the Queen, top for tailoring (5) 25 In Bangladesh I’ve seen places

buzzing with activity (5) 26 Sounded good, having managed

to come first (4)

Tuesday’s Puzzle Solved