CROSSWORD

Roger Squires No. 3,450

ACROSS

1 An intriguing plan? (6)

4 Joint projections over which

one may get rapped (8) 9 Hoof or lug an upstart around

(6)

10 Rock opera first produced by

a worker (8)

12 Worrying hobby? (8) 13 Soldiers give up and fall back

(6)

15 Issue a period return (4)

16 Six hours’ time to pay (7,3) 19 Give 50% rebate on ticket?

(6,4)

20 Divine Egyptian currently in

Oxford (4)

23 Putting spirit into a severe

beating (6)

25 Stimulating prison group (8) 27 Shaken and upset (8) 28 They’re not profitable for

companies to make (6) 29 Score but two (8)

30 Wizard flier (6)

DOWN

1 Give another order to pack

and shift position (7)

2 Oral examiner eying this badly

(9)

3 One must support the law to some degree in this African state (6)

5 Turn up for drinks (4) 6 Rounded up but not rounded

off (8)

7 Being agile he put the light on

first (5) 8 Church gloomy about witchcraft (7)

11 Vessels among the waves

perhaps (7)

14 Churchman about to put

plate out (7)

17 Sad about girl losing her

head, getting the sack (9) 18 Can start out to do business

(8)

19 Free delivery (7) 21 Nominally commits oneself to

work? (5,2)

22 Go over undulating track (6) 24 Many fish act like limpets (5) 26 Present her with a key (4)