30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 One who rolls up a jacket (6) 8 Unseated, we hear, from a

lofty perch (6)

10 Part of Spain where one is

imprisoned in a fortress (7) 11 Pay in goods for freight

transport (5)

12 Location for some of the

scenes I televised (4)

13 A great many high cards

clubs! (5)

17 Electricity Authority (5) 18 Not far from endless

darkness (4)

22 Tapestry put back in

sumptuous arrangement (5) 23 Supervisor to engage too

many staff (7)

24 See 5 Down (6)

25 Handles eccentrics (6)

DOWN

1 Method of manufacturing company brought up in the newspapers (7) 2 Compactness of a specific

kind! (7)

3 Fifty-nine backing Russian

leader (5) 4 To cause fragmentation of the

arts (7)

5& 24Ac. In practice he’ sa

stand-in (5,6)

6 Are they classed as

furniture? (5)

9 Boccaccio’s tales of French

romance translated (9) 14 They’re related to us when the

money’s around! (7)

15 Change in metal needs to be

treated (7)

16 She gets involved with nice

oriental (7)

19 Glutinous meat-pie (5) 20 Conqueror of Gaul, to be

candid (5)

21 The kind of stone that’ sa

certain type (5)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Strut; 4 Hebrews; 8 Doubles; 9 Style; 10 Sets; 11 Sleeping; 13 Prim; 14 Geum; 16 Turned up; 17 Drum; 20 Ionic; 21 Overdue; 22 Garment; 23 Loots.

Down: 1 Side-splitting;

2 Roust; 3 Tilt; 4 Hassle; 5 Besieged; 6 Elysium; 7 Sledgehammers; 12 Wiseacre; 13 Partner; 15 Dugout; 18 Radio; 19 Fell.