30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Case in which everyone is involved in the trial (3-5)

5 Not allowed to go to waste (4)

9 Kitty’s back to stay (4)

10 Take care if it changes — it’s a trick (8)

11 Speak for the whole people (5)

12 Encroachments on the public highways? (7)

13 Only patients with infectious diseases? (8,5)

18 Honest and direct (8)

19 Win a game with a friend (4)

20 Even as loser, he’s still better (7)

21 Move stealthily like a Red Indian, quietly (5)

22 Large quantities go to the Poles (4)

23 It goes round, in fact shoots round (8)

DOWN

2 Personal property in Oriental kingdoms (7)

3 A great character (7) 4 The price of waiting? (7,6)

6 The continual rounds of wage increases? (7)

7 Suits oneself (7)

8 Sour sort of critic (6)

13 Visible understanding (7)

14 Stern-looking sportsmen (7)

15 A piece of land away from home (6)

16 Mad liar maybe, and a master of craft (7)

17 Going to great lengths at either end (7)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across:

1 Quiver;

4 Censor;

9 Expostulation;

10 Strayed;

11 Patio;

12 Burns;

14 Defer;

18 Rebut;

19 Riposte;

21 Embarrassment;

22 Treble;

23 Reason.

Down:

1 Queasy;

2 Imperturbable;

3 Essay;

5 Example;

6 Shiftlessness;

7 Random;

8 Funds;

13 Natural;

15 Priest;

16 Broad;

17 Beaten;

20 Paste.