30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3 He is a rogue about the

certification of a will (9) 8 Equipment round the Northern

Circle (4) 9 & 22Dn No sudden departure (9,5) 10 Went to the house and

telephoned (6) 11 One may think of them as making an

aside (5) 14 See 11 Down 15 Those conforming to marching

orders will be in this (4) 16 & 24Dn No longer outstanding

(3,2,4) 18 & 26Ac Lads seen to disturb these

fish (4-4) 20 A snare put round article once more

(5) 21 Rated as a craft (5) 24 It’s a small item for the military

unit (6) 25 Patterns involving stem and petal

(9) 26 See 18 Across 27 Potash he arranged round the first of

the plants for fertiliser (9)

DOWN

1 Charge-sheet (5-4) 2 Crude line by different agent (9) 4 Girl to have a meal on return (4) 5 The tackle I had can’t be bent (5) 6 The north wind penetrates round

the top of the Andes (6) 7 Sounds as though he gets the right

pitch for fish (4) 9 Slow or fast time and nothing

more (5) 11 & 14Ac Where you’ll find the filament

obscuring the view (2,3,5) 12 Crafty plan making beds with

stone (9) 13 Short of support at the back (9) 17 The destinies of Clotho, Lachesis and

Atropos (5) 19 The padre’s transformed by the

coverings (6) 22 See 9 Across 23 In the Bible a holy woman (4) 24 See 16 Across

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Pack; 3 Protests; 8 Oils; 9 Sturgeon; 11 Overreaching; 13 Notice; 14 Simple; 17 Odds-on chance; 20 Outsider; 21 Mint; 22 Footnote; 23 Wend. Down: 1 Propound; 2 Collect; 4 Rattan; 5 Torch-light; 6 Stern; 7 Sink; 10 Procession; 12 Deserted; 15 Pensive; 16 Indent; 18 Ditto; 19 Loaf