30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Certain chaps in the flesh show this dimension (11)

9 Unrestricted translation from braille (7)

10 In fact, a citation is not spoken (5)

11 Kind of maid one gets for a small charge (5)

12 Get together and take the plate round (7)

13 Kind of agent for eastern country (6)

15 Bay in which a rule is broken by

a learner (6)

18 A long time after a pledged

contract for servitude (7) 20 Crime that makes the cleric

lose his head (5)

22 The arrow indicates the mine

entrance (5)

23 See 6 Down

24 Pacific agreement (5,6)

DOWN

2 What remains of the fire at the end of three months (5)

3 Present variety of old instrument (7)

4 Cries shockingly about fifty survivals from the past (6)

5 Ore included in some talisman (5)

6 & 23Ac. Not a subject dealing with medicinal remedies for radioactivity! (7,7)

7 Makes a mistake about vehicle required for old weapon (11)

8 Ranks in America showing ceremonial pomp (11)

14 Anne got the weight wrong (7)

16 Break any seal to sort out the component parts (7)

17 Tyrant has a supply base round the south (6) 19 Athenian version of ten (5)

21 Change a spell of working (5)