30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Mystery’s dim arrangement showing lack

of balance (11) 9 Laurel Cove (3) 10 Found a technical establishment (9) 11 To go beyond forty in Roman numerals, we

hear (5) 13 Variety of rose-red screen (7) 14 Grass found at the bank! (6) 16 He may well hope to make a profit on the

stock market (6) 18 Meatier concoction in the governor’s office

(7) 19 Material worked beneath the surface on

return (5) 20 Sight one of a pair? (9) 21 Colour that ant becomes (3) 22 No more stars could be revealed by them

(11)

DOWN 2 The tops of intensely cold yardarms will be

(3) 3 Unruffled even now (5) 4 My rise has been ruined because of the

depression (6) 5 Retire in disarray to a North African

location (7) 6 Golfer who regularly delivers the goods (9) 7 Present workpeople don’t indulge in this

(11) 8 This gives the size of certain fellows in the

flesh (11) 12 Geometrical instruments used for making

walking aids (9) 15 He no longer plays the part, but demands

his pound of flesh! (7) 17 An eminently high place for a flashy warn

ing (6) 19 A drink of whisky about the end of sup

pertime — it could disturb one’s rest (5) 21 It’s thanks to the road worker (3)