30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 One who relaxes while taking responsibility for a small charge (4-6) 7 Wren ill - ship returns inside

(5) 8 Doesn’t move quickly from

Estoril (7) 10 Five hundred is to be reckoned as percentage deduction (8) 11 See 3 Down 13 Tied up and whipped (6) 15 A group of football teams stretching for three miles! (6) 17 The standard fixed in Latin or

mathematics (4) 18 Lost coin in disorder, but he

has decided to settle (8) 21 Distraint is enough to

produce a stroke (7) 22 Multitude going back to a

region famous for tea (5) 23 One of a pair providing proper understanding for a person in court (6-4)

DOWN

1 Extra payment is good in

France and America (5) 2 He doesn’t spurn someone’s

advances (8) 3 and 11Ac There’s not a sound when this is projected (6,4) 4 See 20 Down 5 and 14Dn An occasion for mass attendance before bedtime (7,7) 6 They’re just getting down

and leaving the nest (10) 9 It comes before a fall (10) 12 Can’t hope to refashion the

memorial (8) 14 See 5 Down 16 High buildings we put in the

hills (6) 19 Is to take legal action against

a publication (5) 20 and 4Dn Run away until rat is

destroyed! (4,4)