30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 & 3Ac They man the engine if

bridges are destroyed (4-8) 3 See 1 Across 9 Made light of (7) 10 A labyrinth to cause stupefaction (5) 11 Time to say yes? (3,2,7) 13 Get away when the peace is disturbed around the south (6) 15 A feature of old-time dress to

cause a stir (6) 17 The Singing Shopman? (7-5) 20 In essence, a self-supporting

structure (5) 21 Reflectors (7) 22 Testing a proverb, by the

sound of it (8) 23 See 7 Down

DOWN

1 Gears fit for different craft

(8) 2 Speak passionately about

the northern mountains (5) 4 Describing the rod transmuted in the furnace (3-3) 5 Their blades keep others in trim (5-7) 6 Trawling equipment could be

taken for granted (4-3) 7 & 23Ac Unable to reproduce description of straightforward tennis tournament (8) 8 Dire punishment associated

with a corpse? (5,7) 12 So a tree’s producing these

flowers (3-5) 14 More than one vote goes to

the other side (7) 16 Teutonic name for the girl’s

fiance (6) 18 Neck-tie (5) 19 Conducted by a parent of

Helen (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 6 Cabaret; 7 Worry; 9 Fleet; 10 Planets; 12 Family trees; 14 Master-minds; 18 Compass; 19 Proof; 21 Tried; 22 Chanter.

Down: 1 Sally; 2 Camera; 3 Let; 4 Joiner; 5 Written; 8 Clay-pit; 11 Diarist; 13 Masonry; 15 Tapped; 16 Daring; 17 Cover; 20 Shy.