30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Coach bearing (8) 5 Not prosaic efforts from a

good essayist (4) 9 Part of the leg of a young

animal (4) 10 Close friend to drop a

hint (8) 11 Insurance makes the

company very short (5) 12 Rufus, the Communist chief

(3-4) 13 He gathers in outstanding

items (4,9) 18 What will be found in the

book gives satisfaction (8) 19 See 13 Down 20 Alfresco opera in varied

presentation (4-3) 21 Transport for Dr Hill (5) 22 In the services a showy

piece of regalia (4) 23 Roughly calculate when

teatime’s rearranged (8)

DOWN

2 It’s stylish to do a meal

differently (7) 3 Think what a mirror will

do (7) 4 See real strong change in

super-markets (7,6) 6 It’s most expensive, sweetheart (7) 7 Willowy man who makes advances beyond the south (7) 8 Trifle with what the

bowman uses (6) 13 & 19Ac Employers may receive it from one with some ill-feeling! (7,4) 14 Certainties for financiers (7) 15 Scare resolved about a

famous Roman (6) 16 A hundred on the bench

behave conventionally (7) 17 Not at home to dispatch mail

for remote station (7)