30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Inclined to take precedence

round the north-east (6) 8 & 10Ac. Teacher at the

school of navigation? (6-7) 10 See 8 Across 11 Carriers used while people

are waiting (5) 12 It’s seen in the east and strangely round the west! (4) 13 Young bird covered overhead? (5) 17 Intrepid colleague of

Nelson (5) 18 & 25Ac Assume command

and accept the cost (4,6) 22 To defeat the most inferior

(5) 23 Now that can be made into

a piece of furniture (7) 24 Approximately one slice of

bread (6) 25 See 18 Across

DOWN

1 Do a meal in the latest

style (7) 2 Not near the lines of piglets

(7) 3 Runners will be the short

answer! (5) 4 Somehow obtains reliable

defence (7) 5 See 16 Down 6 Money for an alloy (5) 9 Analyse nervous disorder

(5,4) 14 Cases not put back in

vehicles (7) 15 They prohibit devices used in

the demonstration (7) 16 & 5Dn He alters part to

adjust the belt (7,5) 19 Promise to use strong language (5) 20 Criminal taken in hand by

the shepherd (5) 21 What the operator uses to make the material go round (5)