30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cook a chop like this to

make one elated (4-1-4) 8 Its living quarters may be in a

heap (3) 9 Women who have no-one

to mow their lawns? (5-6) 11 Touch on what brought Zulu

warriors to a strange end (7) 12 Go round in high circles (5) 13 Reason to include a number

in a proviso (6) 15 He lets everybody know he’s

a clerk (6) 17 Pass out with many a twitch

(5) 18 The cul-de-sac all mortals

reach (4-3) 20 When it’s too humid to

hunt? (5,6) 22 Born in unending need (3) 23 Carries away the gates (9)

DOWN

2 Row maker, or so it sounds

(3) 3 A clergyman lost his head

for this crime (5) 4 Who could have asked for

more? (6) 5 Seek an engagement — or

work, in plain language (7) 6 Incredible doctrines of a

bygone age (4,7) 7 Experienced initial difficulty

in speech-making (9) 10 It pays an actor to keep

them up (11) 11 An insect’s uninterrupted

development (9) 14 Undistinguished character

(7) 16 Arrival of a modern-day airway (6) 19 Possibly earn a place in the

sporting world (5) 21 Be in the red — in yellow

even (3)