30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Hair fastener (4)

3 Graduate gets a mark for being a bad influence on others (3,5)

9 Seldom heard Rachmaninov piece is popular in Greece (7) 10 Jury requires penal

reform (5)

11 Reveal clever cover-up of ingot badly positioned by learner (5,2,5)

13 Attacks first person seen in

turbulent waters (6) 15 Charles joins the Queen for

a drink (6)

17 Cain apt to die, somehow,

by execution (12)

20 Note irritation at frequently

dropped letter (5)

21 Drop out from the competition with a slight injury (7)

22 Lack of fear on jumping in

the raging Severn (2,6) 23 Step over the animals (4)

DOWN

1 Insect, badly shaken, I find

on the street (8)

2 Garment I wore to see the

animal (5)

4 Aggressive woman has to moan about the dictionary’s limitations (6)

5 The para hit me out of

building (12)

6 Drinks an actor pulls (7)

7 Fish are caught somewhere

else (4)

8 Somehow he forged that film

about the Mafia (3,9)

12 Herbs can be gathered from

parts of a tree (8)

14 Quiet break on the way to find

a Lancashire town (7)

16 Sit down girl and have a

hanky (6)

18 and 19Dn. Mostly overboard

(2,3,4)

19 See 18 Down

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Allure; 4 Hat-pin; 9 Out of practice; 10 Airless; 11 Drake; 12 Brigs;

14 Layer; 18 Tawse; 19 Topical; 21 Perambulators; 22 Essene; 23 Really.

Down: 1 Avowal; 2 Literary works; 3 Rifle; 5 Arcadia; 6 Private school; 7 Nieces; 8 Press; 13 Gleeman; 15 Staple; 16 Stout; 17 Flashy; 20 Plate.