30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
1 Demonstration in favour of
month on trial (7,5) 7 Justify putting the French in
the vehicle (5) 8 A foolish time? (5) 9 I shall be in need of a
doctor (3) 10 Weak and apparently not
prickly (9) 11 Nothing on the mountains
but fruit? (6) 12 Plain alleviation? (6) 15 Fan is sent to restore
indistinct appearance (9) 17 Friend of father approaching
50 (3) 18 Trace packing box (5) 19 Gravity lacks it (5) 21 Falser senses leading to
intrepidity (12)
DOWN
1 No place for a private
secretary? (6,6) 2 Which gives needle-sharp
sight? (3) 3 This drug, it makes
swollen (6) 4 Consciousness that a fight
has a strange sense (9) 5 Heal about five in part of
circle (5) 6 Sun fills Bess with joy (12) 7 Alice is out to get her (5) 10 Spot a prophet who likes to
see things? (9) 13 Insinuate in a devilish
way? (5) 14 Compact, but three miles
long (6) 16 I assess as angry (5) 20 in harassing animal (3)
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
Across: 4 Discern; 8 Origin; 9 Spin-off; 10 Dynamo; 11 Impair; 12 Workless; 18 Pentagon; 20 Indigo; 21 On fire; 22 Hideout; 23 Deters; 24 Settler.
Down: 1 Low-down; 2 Signora; 3 Dismal; 5 Imprison; 6 Canopy; 7 Raffia; 13 Exposure; 14 Ignited; 15 Inverse; 16 Inside; 17 Direct; 19 Tandem.