30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 It’s no cause for satisfaction that everybody is really fit (3,4,4) 9 Perplex, but not in addition

(7) 10 Not the outer skin of a

passenger vessel? (5) 11 Two letters for an animal (5) 12 Did a sin bring scorn? (7) 13 Assessment of sailor? (6) 15 Agree to idiot taking tangled

net (6) 18 It’s reasonable to have 10

who are clever (7) 20 Trout caught wrongly by

coach (5) 22 Leaves out one in most

reforms (5) 23 Makes it possible for some to open a blessed long time (7) 24 The enterprise is not bringing enough money in (11)

DOWN

2 59 out of material (5) 3 The rogue is at home under

the house (7) 4 Deer is to live (6) 5 Wicked Western lies are

tricks (5) 6 Ancestry reveals how old

the dynasty is (7) 7 Working as a surgeon? (2,9) 8 Gather with the others to

stop (5,2,4) 14 Note sin leads to strain (7) 16 Position defender so as to

hinder advance (3,4) 17 Abandon the wilderness (6) 19 Beats while roasting (5) 21 What a long claw is seen in it!

(5)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Navigate; 5 Gear; 9 Bill; 10 Grooming; 11 Abuse; 12 Twister; 13 Head over heels; 18 Backchat; 19 Pick; 20 Trivial; 21 Drink; 22 Tune; 23 Assisted.

Down: 2 Amiable; 3 Ill-used; 4 Turn the tables; 6 Epistle; 7 Regards; 8 Polish; 13 Habitat; 14 Auction; 15 Orchid; 16 Exports; 17 License.