30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Strong law is broken in the

beginning (8) 5 Game unsuitable for women

(4) 9 Note rig of a sailing vessel

(4) 10 Balanced mixed diet that

rounds off the day (8) 11 Ocean-bed? (5) 12 Pays a quick visit and

watches TV (5,2) 13 Be involved in a risky action — possibly ruinous to the litigant (5,8) 18 Making pencil lead may give

you quiet rheumatic pain (8) 19 Man-of-war (4) 20 Grass around the seaport (7) 21 My goodness! I type wrongly

(5) 22 Team with an air of

superiority (4) 23 Falsely alleges, in front of

ministers (8)

DOWN

2 Naval weapon or depot

perhaps (7) 3 The girl looks different,

having slimmed (7) 4 It won’t let you come

straight in (9,4) 6 Woolly couple (4-3) 7 One who clutches at straws

in general disorder (7) 8 Such a yarn may produce a

groan (6) 13 Policemen make very little

money (7) 14 Made a pretence a reality?

(7) 15 Herald’s coat, thanks to the

poet (6) 16 It’s heavenly under a tree (7) 17 One would feel put out to be

treated so (7)