30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Headgear that involves work

(3,3) 4 No corner stone? (6) 9 One always searching for

new tunes? (5-3,5) 10 Being safe in the end is

guaranteed (7) 11 Compare fifty-one with

knowledge (5) 12 The directors don’t sound

very keen (5) 14 Gun is out of order in

practise (5) 18 Fruit of the melon variety (5) 19 Sort of study carried out by

bathyscape? (2,5) 21 Twister making an honest

living (13) 22 Intentionally exasperating?

(6) 23 His work entails grave

preparation (6)

DOWN

1 Start talking of payment for

suckers (6) 2 Do some ironing when in

need? (5,3,5) 3 Hate the sailor cutting short

a hornpipe (5) 5 Puts the sheep to bed? (7) 6 Where strain will cause a

parting (8-5) 7 Coming to a conclusion (6) 8 Doesn’t allow to become 13

down? (5) 13 The opposite of praise? Well,

no! (3,4) 15 To extract information is

illegal, we hear (6) 16 Measure right round (5) 17 Turn pale when it is included

(6) 20 Urged on a herd of cows (5)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Habit-forming; 7 Sense; 8 Strut; 9 Spa; 10 Staircase; 11 Heroin; 12 Assail; 15 Long shots; 17 Arc; 18 Naive; 19 U-boat; 21 Person of note.

Down: 1 Holds the line; 2 Tan; 3 One way; 4 Mistrusts; 5 Norma; 6 Steeplechase; 7 Stair; 10 Spinsters; 13 Apart; 14 Column; 16 Noise; 20 Oaf.