30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 6 Give support to the wrong

seer (7) 7 Somehow trust a prop (5) 9 Keep away from a chasm (5) 10 Feel affection for everybody

when there’s no score (4-3) 12 Instructed lower classes?

(5,6) 14 In good health when leaving,

and certainly rich (4,4,3) 18 A friend takes Vera out for a

long conference (7) 19 It’s meant to be boring when

the doctor is unwell (5) 21 Purloined lady’s wrap (5) 22 The limitation of the player

who may substitute? (7)

DOWN 1 Serious place to end up! (5) 2 Put little work into wrong

choice (6) 3 Permitted to have a

tenant (3) 4 Go there to finish an

abstainer (6) 5 Try clue for knives, forks,

etc (7) 8 Loco men adapted

eyeglass (7) 11 Allowed, indeed to be

expunged (7) 13 A ten-play forfeiture (7) 15 Youth leader is in good time

every twelve months (6) 16 Dishonest blacksmith? (6) 17 A fitting standard of comparison (5) 20 Crave letter, for example (3)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION Across: 1 Master-mind; 7 Metre; 8 Dresses; 10 Off-drive; 11 Miss; 13 In line; 15 Andrew; 17 Ivan; 18 Salesmen; 21 Nodding; 22 Outdo; 23 Crowd scene. Down: 1 Motif; 2 Steering; 3 Endive; 4 Meet; 5 Nastier; 6 Imposition; 9 Sash-window; 12 Antelope; 14 Leander; 16 Barges; 19 Mitre; 20 View.