30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 It may serve to let us in

perhaps (7) 7 Not qualified to sum up (5) 9 Arranged a number of

games (3) 10 Young goat tipped as a

winner by Stevenson (9) 12 Powerless airman (6,5) 15 A student or teacher may do

so (4,7) 17 Understanding lot of people?

(9) 19 Some talent for drinking (3) 21 One goes to the bank for it

(5) 22 Examine after an attack —

expected to survive (7)

DOWN

1 Extremist talk (5) 2 Number in the phone-book

(3) 3 If i jive, I have to leave the

country! (4) 4 Consenting to adjust a

complaint (9) 5 Look after, if you like (4,3) 8 Doesn’t enjoy quiet retirement (6) 11 Neither here nor there (9) 13 Gloomy doctor having a bad

year (6) 14 Nude seen in new act in the

floor-show (7) 16 Shut tight (5) 18 An elevating Kipling poem of

unaffected simplicity (4) 20 Greek character in the

Bastille, taken prisoner (3)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 7 Populated area; 8 Bell tent; 9 Lots; 10 Muscle; 12 Abroad; 14 Get out; 16 Foiled; 18 Chef; 20 Eventide; 22 Quick thinking.

Down: 1 Home rule; 2 Public; 3 Case; 4 Left half; 5 Caller; 6 Beat; 11 Entreaty; 13 Amending; 15 Office; 17 Intake; 19 Hour; 21 Exit.