30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 7 and 5Dn. What the judge pronounces with weighty words? (5,8)

8 One of the essential substances from which heat is extracted (7)

9 A set-back when the man is around will make you kind of cross (7)

10 and 20Dn. Tom Peel to transform a structure of some charm (5,4) 12 Granting a pardon for

causing a detonation (7,3) 15 Regular in the

Services? (6-4)

18 Nothing in the fall to show

signs of needing water (5) 19 Father in paler variety of

raiment (7)

21 The kind of account that should have arrived by now (7)

22 Land-owner in dreadful air

disaster (5) DOWN 1 Abashed, being confronted

with a sense of guilt (10) 2 Complains when one is

involved in the Poor Laws (5) 3 Part of a really resonant

instrument (4)

4 Exclusive denomination

including the Spanish (6)

5 See 7 Across

6 Notices part of the platoon

being redeployed (7)

11 Show blonde I’m attached to!

(2,4,4)

13 To make a getaway about the present time is a mischievous act (8)

14 Having had a private coach (7) 16 More serious-minded kind of

sculptor (6)

17 Artist comes in to order

ribbon (5)

20 See 10 Across

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Cautioned; 8 Ate; 9 Forget-me-not; 11 Legatee; 12 Maria; 13 Upturn; 15 Escort; 17 Drama; 18 Insured; 20 Driving test; 22 See; 23 Grenadine.

Down: 2 Ado; 3 Inept; 4 Number; 5 Dynamos; 6 Watercourse; 7 Detracted; 10 Right-hander; 11 Laundress; 14 Reading; 16 Finite; 19 Sigma; 21 Sen.