30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Traveller’s account showing variety of food available (4,2,4)

7 Grow any tree inside (5) 8 See 2 Down

10 Pneumatic power for branch of national defence (3,5)

11 Take a crafty look both ways

(4)

13 Seems a different source of

gingili oil (6)

15 In social class the first of the

Hindus is unsullied (6) 17 See 3 Down

18 It’s a dim thing to change just before the small hours (8)

21 Granted it’s what the fertile

seed did (7)

22 Transport the first of the

maize straw (5)

23 He makes comprehensive plans, but the artist gets confused (10)

DOWN

1 To acknowledge applause with some hesitation in shady enclosure (5)

2 and 8 Ac Cambrian version of the Mother Country? (4,2,2,7)

3 and 17 Ac Presumably skating instructors don’t participate in these clerical duties! (6,4)

4 Convivial occasion held in

cafe tea-room (4)

5 It’s illegal to use them for

smoking jackets! (7) 6 Abruptly escapes and has a shattering effect on holiday (6,4)

9 When one takes at least one course before retiring (6-4)

12 Kidnap a sailor in China (8) 14 Glut of various fruits round

the East (7)

16 Winger that is singularly

below par! (6)

19 Having a pinched appearance in imitating auntie (5)

20 One endlessly cherished

conception (4)