30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Stop raid destroying Middle

East fuelling station (4,4) 5 Large gull sends other birds

back (4) 9 Fuel container for military

transport (4) 10 As parts of chiming clocks,

they won’t work (8) 11 Measures of capacity for

mines round the north (5) 12 Produce a second edition

about children (7) 13 One of the supports in a

cable’s-length? (9-4) 18 Delighted when tactics are

changed by the East (8) 19 Crag to show signs of instability (4) 20 High spirits making a member of the family lose his head (7) 21 See 3 Down 22 Hardy character (4) 23 Italian city girl (8)

DOWN

2 Describing certain stone

work on a track (7) 3 and 21Ac Get knocked out, as census enumerators do (4,3,5) 4 Train one Latin to become

an outstanding player (13) 6 and 13Dn Even the Conservative driver does in Britain! (5,2,3,4) 7 South wind goes to the east

and becomes harsh (7) 8 Conclude a description of

north European, we hear (6) 13 See 6 Down 14 Foreign sailors supplying the

girl with a vehicle inside (7) 15 No charge when it’s rag all

tangled up (6) 16 Accidents don’t happen on

this (7) 17 Brief description of the Spartans (7)