30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3 Going down when at one

(2,3,4) 8 Always find the night before

right (4) 9 Quite old, but in harmony (7,2) 10 Put in braces? (6) 11 Comfort with food? (5) 14 This proposal is a product of

fertile minds (5) 15 Hold your horses! (4) 16 Do they roll out of the

confectioner’s? (5) 18 One vehicle taken by terrible

Russian (4) 20 Big regal change (5) 21 Bit of quiet, say? (5) 24 Lama in beastly form (6) 25 Defender may be returning

immediately (5,4) 26 Standard measure of

ammunition (4) 27 A lightning report? (4,5)

DOWN

1 As shown in the trawler fleet’s

books? (3,6) 2 Help for the overworked

cartographer? (6,3) 4 Really want some fine

education (4) 5 There’s an aperture in the wall

in that chamber (5) 6 Flying footballer? (6) 7 Negative both ways for a

time (4) 9 They offer a change for the

driver (5) 11 Tell off 100 who conceal

themselves (5) 12 Censure about demure

joiner (9) 13 Could be a line I try,

actually (2,7) 17 Sneak in order to send about

fifty to the bottom (5) 19 When things go wrong? (6) 22 In America, ballot for

political clique (5) 23 Capital punishment? (4) 24 The cards they hold in

performance? (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Mars; 3 Outdoors; 8 Name; 9 Abruptly; 11 Reverberates; 13 Indian; 14 Editor; 17 Magnetic pole; 20 Operetta; 21 Gobi; 22 Sea-level; 23 Mean.

Down: 1 Monorail; 2 Removed; 4 Unbred; 5 Drug addict; 6 Outre; 7 Styx; 10 Great niece; 12 Artesian; 15 Twosome; 16 Statue; 18 Arena; 19 Boss.