30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 She went in order to be

topical (2,3,4) 8 Mineral from Korea (3) 9 Order given by teachers (11) 11 Out of work one may take

it (7) 12 17 across again! (5) 13 Rodney might be over

there (6) 15 Love to point out there’s a

choice (6) 17 Happen to come to mind (5) 18 Give one the right name? (7) 20 Gardening expert at the

card table? (3,2,6) 22 Inflammatory talk? (3) 23 Proved in the end to have

been expelled (6,3)

DOWN

2 A female devoted to

order (3) 3 It’s a mistake to go astray

over gold (5) 4 Former name to cause a

stir (6) 5 It’s important to one’s

standing as a rider (7) 6 Brought into force? (11) 7 Respect some hesitation in

one’s excuses, perhaps (9) 10 Not the best moment to sort

things out (6-5) 11 In a word, it traces origins (9) 14 Serious Eastern muddle (7) 16 Jacket for a hippie (6) 19 Bravely built shelter (5) 21 One gets a lot of runs in

Australia (3)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 7 Relief; 8 Orders; 10 Emotion; 11 Sided; 12 Open; 13 Sever; 17 Cloth; 18 Mute; 22 Sling; 23 Visages; 24 Reveal; 25 Terror.

Down: 1 Freedom; 2 Allowed; 3 Debit; 4 Crashes; 5 Beads; 6 Aside; 9 Incentive; 14 Flagday; 15 Hungary; 16 Censure; 19 Usury; 20 Sieve; 21 Usher.