30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Graduate standing at side of

infant (4) 3 Dejected because fewer

actors employed? (4,4) 8 Number causing 1 to go for

nothing in 7 (4) 9 Promise unpleasant things to a number after earthquake (8) 11 Unofficially not on

disc (3,3,6) 13 Furniture put down on

golfer’s starting-point (6) 14 Dog made meal of

clergyman! (6) 17 Nothing is extreme at the

coldest possible point (8,4) 20 Sketches types of goods no

longer kept? (8) 21 Resounding noise from the

harbour barrier (4) 22 Observe article boiling (8) 23 The equal of a nobleman (4)

DOWN

1 Prohibit floor support for

musician (8) 2 Fine bet brings profit (7) 4 Wood and mineral taken to

land (6) 5 Broken catches due to the

one in the dock (3,7) 6 Animal put in boot

terrified (5) 7 New leader has single follower? Less than that! (4) 10 Does it give a shine to footwear from Warsaw (4,6) 12 Concerning earlier progressive politician (8) 15 Wrongly name a single

flower (7) 16 Vessel in which the creature

ended up (6) 18 Graduate needs article for a

swim (5) 19 Fiddlesticks at the front? (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Netherlands; 9 Matelot; 10 Basle; 11 Lease; 12 Remnant; 13 Oppose; 15 Porter; 18 Artiste; 20 Dates; 22 Ether; 23 Anagram; 24 Progressing.

Down: 2 Extra; 3 Halters; 4 Return; 5 Album; 6 Descant; 7 Ameliorates; 8 Venturesome; 14 Pitcher; 16 Ordeals; 17 Beware; 19 Sprag; 21 Turin.