30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 It goes 51 feet up and down

(4) 3 Wear clothes by how old one is — the horse knows it! (8) 9 Nice art for sure! (7) 10 Finally almost produced

book of maps (5) 11 Taking the plunge but failing?

(2,3,3,4) 13 Undresses on excursion in

ship? (6) 15 Suit for diggers? (6) 17 Initial crept out with two

spare copies (2,10) 20 In the trial I bitterly seek a

let-out (5) 21 Sheared but clings (7) 22 Taking aim, perhaps, on

getting a first glimpse (8) 23 There’s a large jug among

those we received (4)

DOWN

1 Sole scar possibly obtained

from game (8) 2 Too good to be runner-up

(5) 4 A down-to-earth stretch

(6) 5 A thorough battle, not a

sit-down strike! (5-2,5) 6 Everybody due to be paid

gave permission (7) 7 The point of the joke as told

to me (4) 8 Inventive painter needed in

the theatre? (4-2,6) 12 Female idiot or valuer? (8) 14 In a hurry to get elected? (7) 16 Injury to limb right in the

country (6) 18 It is usually taken with a

bow (5) 19 Voucher needed by father to

join ship (4)