30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Wandered out of danger (6) 8 Military band? (6) 10 A barber no-one wants to

come (7) 11 Indian ruler returns in an

amazing fashion (5) 12 One may get one’s hooks

into them (4) 13 Susie is diverted by this publication (5) 17 To doctors they’re grave

situations (5) 18 Temperature in the freezer

ordinarily (4) 22 Scent the beginning of a

romance (5) 23 Certainly bound to be

different (2,5) 24 Preserve from predicament

(6) 25 Holiday nook? (6)

DOWN

1 Sporting jumper (7) 2 In a bad temper the day

none came round (7) 3 Hurry up they’re hard to

fathom (5) 4 Peremptory demand for a

rise (5,2) 5 He composed a catalogue,

we hear (5) 6 Wide smiles give support

(5) 9 It issues notes, though not

silver (5,4) 14 The commanding officer and

Clare upset the boat (7) 15 Appointed place in a legal

document (7) 16 An entertaining lady (7) 19 Beheaded, they would be

even more venomous (5) 20 Training vehicle? (5) 21 A summer danger (5)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 7 Trains; 8 Breach; 10 Roister; 11 Viola; 12 Lynx; 13 Party; 17 Goods; 18 Line; 22 Round; 23 Wrinkle; 24 Movies; 25 Cinema.

Down: 1 Startle; 2 Salient; 3 Anita; 4 Private; 5 Cabot; 6 Wheat; 9 Break down; 14 Rowdies; 15 Pickled; 16 Several; 19 Prime; 20 Curve; 21 Minim.