30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Particular way of expressing

“seraph”, for example! (4,2,6) 7 Classical huntress changed

into a naiad (5)

8 A runner gets nothing for the

feast (5)

9 The tailless grouse is an

extinct bird! (3)

10 Print paper money and

produce a brief record (4,5) 11 It provides a written explanation of the keyboard (6)

12 Fastened securely but

escaped (6)

15 In trade arrangement it’s certain to be thought highly of (9)

17 Blade required for beheading

the pig (3)

18 The way the underground

system is heard (5) 19 Remove the contents from

the sump (5)

21 Have an injection and suffer

some irritation (3,3,6)

DOWN

1 Instruments showing mercurial fluctuations (12) 2 What the hen produces is

surplus, we hear (3)

3 Tricks played by the first of

the private soldiers (6) 4 Puttin’ on clothes and headdress as an outlaw (5,4) 5 The passage to the mine is

indicated by an arrow (5) 6 Regard as efficient and

it’s of some importance (12) 7 Doctor with beard looking

haggard (5)

10 It’s upsetting to statesmen, as it reveals sources of income (5,4)

13 Coming from the north, it

could be piercing (5) 14 Rocked by world ruler (6) 16 Duel arranged with one point

artfully keep out of the way (5)

20 One card expert (3)