30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Where to expect mountainous waves (2,3,4,4) 8 Sketches the confines of

the playing area (8) 9 Kind of apple tree! (4) 10 It’s said in proposing the

toast when port is mulled (6) 12 Additional items will be an unknown quantity in revised rates (6) 14 Term used among master

navigators (6) 16 Let a Co somehow find a site

(6) 18 Part of the chimney went in

the air, we hear (4) 20 Civic officer gives a gratuity

to the employees (8) 22 The bridegroom is a star

player (3,2,3,5)

DOWN

1 Asks how stationery is sold

(8) 2 Projectiles found on the

beach (6) 3 Incomplete object of no

great width (4) 4 It goes to pieces when one gets cracking at breakfast! (8) 5 Path is indicating where the

remains of the fire are (3-3) 6 Fine linen needs to be

trimmed often (4) 11 Very small drinks for infants

(4,4) 13 The trick requires skill if on

the rink (8) 15 We’re upset about a small number before the present time (6) 17 Once part of the Far East

where a yacht capsized (6) 19 Bound to be a piece of suitable apparatus (4) 21 He’s entitled to take a closer

look (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Scot; 8 On the board; 9 Remember; 10 Foul; 12 Morgue; 14 Stride; 15 Tanner; 17 Misery; 18 Tsar; 19 Desolate; 21 Figurehead; 22 Stye.

Down: 2 Come to pass; 3 Tome; 4 Stable; 5 Hearts; 6 Bonfires; 7 Idol; 11 Understudy; 13 Generous; 16 Rodney; 17 Master; 18 Tiff; 20 Lads.