30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Describing the pupil

showing no sorrow (3-4) 7 A denizen from the Far North returns to cause consternation (5) 9 & 4Dn Convivial bonhomie

by the political group? (5-6) 10 Receiving information of a

trial (7) 12 Unattached footballers

becoming pirates (11) 14 Protective clothing for men

of letters? (5-2-4) 18 The scale associated with

the trombonist! (7) 19 Seventeen reformed by a

quiet hint (5) 21 Got ‘urt carrying

weapons (5) 22 The gang spotted the

woodcutter (4-3)

DOWN

1 Second-class highway not

restricted in space (5) 2 Street dog quite

unrestrained (6) 3 & 20Dn German name for

the girl’s fiance (6) 4 See 9 Across 5 Etiquette for country

houses, one hears (7) 8 Beneficial changes about

school classes (7) 11 Show resilience when tied

down again (7) 13 They reduce the temperature in prisons (7) 15 I tried to become less

disorderly (6) 16 Where you’ll find the old lag

as a member of the team (6) 17 Is about endlessly expensive

concepts (5) 20 See 3 Down