30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Display of kicking against being in favour of trial month? (7,5) 7 The right friend to rouse (5) 8 It’s flat either way (5) 9 Mischievous child looks like

one politician! (3) 10 Is she relatively sure to be a

target? (4,5) 11 Alternatively bargain in

severe trial (6) 12 Was the two-step seen at

the tea-party? (6) 15 Got fatter and possibly old

and futile (6,3) 17 Unselfish little being at

heart (3) 18 This animal is shy and half

puma (5) 19 Concede he was an

American general (5) 21 It helps when the wicked get

nothing, apparently (3,2,3,4)

DOWN

1 It is presumably not held by a

private secretary (6,6) 2 Slippery customer could be

electric (3) 3 Irksome court work? (6) 4 Also still a hopeless cry

(3,2,4) 5 In this epic, a village gets

hypercritical censure (5) 6 Where the farmer keeps his

game? (7-5) 7 Quick attack around

Peterhead (5) 10 Consequently rues atlas being ruined (2,1,6) 13 Doctors do — and, it’s worth

having! (5) 14 Sumerian capital should be

looked for (6) 16 Faithful ally gets upset about

nothing (5) 20 Article you and I receive in

reverence (3)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 4 Oculist; 8 Orphan; 9 Instead; 10 Pariah; 11 Uneven; 12 Instance; 18 Watchman; 20 Tramps; 21 Emerge; 22 Imparts; 23 Kansas; 24 Pastime.

Down: 1 Pompeii; 2 Oppress; 3 Canada; 5 Conquest; 6 Litter; 7 Skater; 13 News item; 14 Impress; 15 Incense; 16 Crimea; 17 Impact; 19 Combat.