30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Not being bored, there’s

profit to add (4,8) 7 Frank left joint partly (5) 8 Impudence adds piquancy,

it would seem (5) 9 The rubbish-dump is mine

when put back (3) 10 Trace a mop which may be

taken to pieces (4,5) 11 Yes, rag is oily (6) 12 Does he hang around the

bakery? (6) 15 Where the cobbler goes till

he can go no longer? (2,3,4) 17 It is put in by someone

wanting a row (3) 18 Consumed in cafe at English

resort (5) 19 This proposal can’t be on (5) 21 Composing dissertation

needed by 6 (7-5)

DOWN

1 Co-operate, as Jacob did for

Rachel (4,8) 2 In the main, known to be

useful to 6 (3) 3 She let ham become

ruined (6) 4 Be generally in a hurry so a fight doesn’t get its proper time? (4,5) 5 One can easily get steamed

up in it (5) 6 He is correspondingly

active (6-6) 7 The fruit of temptation? (5) 10 Cuts when a kernel is

produced (6-3) 13 The speaker has it and

dancers take it (5) 14 Strand colour (6) 16 Coach of bad trout (5) 20 Dandy is a fathead at

work (3)