30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Entice a learner by change

of rule (6)

4 Fastener inserted into

locks (3-3)

9 The unemployed doctor is!

(3,2,8)

10 It’s like a vacuum without a

successor, one hears (7) 11 Sir Francis gets the bird (5) 12 The first of the boatmen

equips the vessel (5)

14 One who bets it’s the result

of sedimentation (5) 18 Strap made out of waste (5) 19 Contemporary version of a

coal-pit (7)

21 They provide transport for

small charges (13) 22 Member of early sect showing a bit of boundless energy (6)

23 In truth, form a

confederation again (6)

DOWN

1 Declaration of a promise by

nearly everybody (6)

2 The output of the book

factory? (8,5) 3 After the start of the raid, life

could be destroyed by this (5) 5 An outsider in excerpt from the opera “Land of Pastoral Delight” (7)

6 But it’s not a training establishment for army recruits (7,6)

7 Relatives embracing one in

shocking scene (6)

8 A packed crowd for

newspapers (5)

13 Minstrel bringing joy to a

fellow (7)

15 This will fasten pleats in

different position (6)

16 Drink will make you

overweight! (5)

17 Describing empty ostentation

like lightning (6)

20 South American river on

which meals are served (5)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Turn of phrase; 7 Diana; 8 Beano; 9 Moa; 10 Make notes; 11 Manual; 12 Bolted; 15 Treasured; 17 Oar; 18 Route; 19 Drain; 21 Get the needle.

Down: 1 Thermometers; 2 Ova; 3 Pranks; 4 Robin Hood; 5 Shaft; 6 Considerable; 7 Drawn; 10 Means test; 13 Thorn; 14 Cradle; 16 Elude; 20 Ace.