30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
1 Do some slimming to cut
down the price (6) 4 A butt for the sailor to reach
(6) 9 Compensatory charge for what the aggressive make at the sales! (7-6) 10 Add to the general disorder
(7) 11 Southern bird is back (5) 12 Sounds like a skewer for
meat (5) 14 & 16Dn Stresses the position
of sleepers! (10) 18 The fellow and I have a craze
(5) 19 Fancy aiming to turn to the
east (7) 21 What those who read
physics do? (5,8) 22 Misused a terminology that’s
prim and proper in part (6) 23 Confined to what is
written (6)
1 A bat makes a shocking
noise (6) 2 Description of one who’s
bilingual is deceitful (6-7) 3 More attractive amendment
to the truce (5) 5 Trains a factory operative
differently (7) 6 Resolving the place of burial
would be this! (5,8) 7 The ways of the thief will be
alluring (6) 8 Broadcasting equipment (just sound) for “The Spirit of Shakespeare” (5) 13 An expert in breaking down
any salt (7) 15 Diverts us in the same arrangement (6) 16 See 14 Across 17 What the barrister may do when fed up with the conclusion (6) 20 Celia changes her name (5)