30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 No reverse charge for a

cause of tears (5) 8 Difficulty of initially taking

Russian money (7) 9 Present at present, but not

in any place (7) 10 He apparently marks his

choice wrong (5) 12 Compels to study 4s (10) 15 He has lots to sell (10) 18 Top of 4 cut off hair (5) 19 Ruth upset general (7) 21 Study kind husband (7) 22 Consumed some of the fare

at English hotel (5)

DOWN

1 Neutralise what the

shopkeeper did? (10) 2 What wives think? (5) 3 100 in 1 x 1 (4) 4 Accent obvious in

tension? (6) 5 The opposite of ‘to study

poetry’? (8) 6 To the sailor, it’s an awful

thing not to indulge (7) 11 Nature’s art as found in eating

place (10) 13 Errand for nothing, perhaps,

was an oversight (8) 14 Shows films behind which

one may hide (7) 16 Deny entrance to the northeast (6) 17 In which more than one

become one (5) 20 Paradise — an oriental vicespot (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Cast about; 8 Hoe; 9 Redoubtable; 11 Eastern; 12 Their; 13 Utopia; 15 Instep; 17 Aunts; 18 Therapy; 20 Coldhearted; 22 Oft; 23 Nurseries.

Down: 2 Awe; 3 Amuse; 4 Outing; 5 Tibetan; 6 The best part; 7 Geography; 10 Disconnects; 11 Education; 14 Insulin; 16 Etcher; 19 Erase; 21 Eve.