30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 It shows the pressure we’re under (9) 8 Make second-hand (3) 9 What a motoring school is expected to do for the fireman’s boss (5,6) 11 Made run, perhaps, being defenceless (7) 12 Work to rule?(5) 13 Threaten to give me the cane, somehow (6) 15 Article in the van (6) 17 Speeds regulated by local authorities (5) 18 Those who inherit are bound to (7) 20 Not a reasonable way to act (11) 22 Wood used in model-making (3) 23 He should be a good mixer (9)

DOWN

2 A number smaller than two! (3) 3 A note for the chemist (5) 4 Diatribe I get in traffic (6) 5 A dream I think a lot about (7) 6 A case of galloping consumption? (7,4) 7 Observing a communist and becoming angry (6,3) 10 In such a race, do you have a minute adversary? (7,4) 11 Not a member of a union? (9) 14 The actors went in front and changed positions on board (7) 16 A wrong guess about customs (6) 19 A number yearn to find the hiding place (5) 21 Not the true position (3)