30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3 A charity worth fighting for

(4,5) 8 Ones, perhaps, who vote

against (4) 9 A blow for commerce! (5,4) 10 Changing routes further

from the bull (6) 11 Downtrodden rogues (5) 14 Sea-air adds a little weight

to one (5) 15 Fabric that’s stiff or limp (4) 16 Fish for chap on a fat-free

diet (5) 18 Sunny smile? (4) 20 Love to exist on fruit (5) 21 Half lame doctors, also

known for their friskiness (5) 24 She may raise people’s

spirits (6) 25 He will play the game — any

game (9) 26 Witnessed a Pole cut to

pieces (4) 27 Financial expert comes into

trouble (9)

DOWN

1 Certainly at home and very

confident (2,2,5) 2 Local coast-line is damaged

(9) 4 Involved in a row, Rosa is

upset (4) 5 Avoid an American city (5) 6 It follows a gale at sea, too

(2,4) 7 Dispatch from Southend (4) 9 Goes and annoys you (5) 11 Bounders from Bucharest (5) 12 Humorously critical, yet

possibly racialist (9) 13 Don’t let it bother you that you’ve always been inattentive (5,4) 17 Ten is about all right as a

symbol (5) 19 Her sisters are not really her

sisters (6) 22 Should it be made from

brushwood? (5) 23 Great work from the picador

(4) 24 Assemble in the mother ship

(4)