30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 We will be returning after six to

make an inspection (4) 8 On top of the royal seat, we hear,

but deposed (10) 9 Revised income that includes a

company showing thrift (8) 10 A hundred in fixed religious

persuasion (4) 12 Disconcerted by being evicted

(3,3) 14 Emphasise what nervous people

experience (6) 15 Goes over the wine-cellars (6) 17 Food purveyor encountered by

Simon (6) 18 Endless danger for the fairy-tale

character (4) 19 See 7 Down 21 It’s deceptive when inlaid gems get

substituted (10) 22 Fireman’s equipment for covering

low joints! (4)

DOWN

2 In the account the cleric is wrong

(10) 3 Give due notice, we hear, it’s not

new (4) 4 Timber put in the different

headpiece (6) 5 Glues pieces of wood (6) 6 Retain the first of the players, one in

the second team (8) 7 & 19Ac A foot is one — so is a hand!

(4,2,6) 11 They may end up in hospital —

because of off-handed restrictions? (10) 13 It has to be rigged to become

productive (3-5) 16 Work hard on an attractive

catchphrase (6) 17 Anaemic looking friend needs cover

(6) 18 Ceremonial display — head of the municipality included in the report (4) 20 Unending darkness is near (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 7 Appal; 8 Retrace; 9 Elastic; 10 Calif; 12 Reassemble; 15 Enterprise; 18 Sleep; 19 Signora; 21 Disdain; 22 Tense.

Down: 1 Take orders; 2 Spray; 3 Plot; 4 Prices; 5 Stickers; 6 Wallaby; 11 Fieldfares; 13 European; 14 Atheist; 16 Rising; 17 Joint; 20 Go to.