30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Unscrupulous as heels

are? (5,3,4)

7 Can go out for a dance (5) 8 Cathy’s sort of vessel (5) 9 It’s not expected to lose

sleep (3)

10 Man in one country is to

find another (9)

11 or deny it could be over

there (6)

12 Crying at me on the side of

a football pitch (6) 15 Somehow told her about the bike race meeting being suppressed (9) 17 Consume tea, perhaps (3) 18 Artless one in part of the

church (5)

19 Wise men become older in

the ship (5)

21 Scanty Labour version of

the police force (12)

DOWN

1 A bonny reel danced around street in Ireland (7,5) 2 Achieved victory in returning the present (3) 3 Listens to English car (6) 4 Not Bow Bells, but belle’s

beau (9)

5 Pub providing

anaesthetic (5)

6 I saw that Gary out

immediately (8,4)

7 Bird wearing a hat? (5) 10 Sent laser off with vigilant

attention (9)

13 Notions aides come up

with (5)

14 Some scandal as Kansas

becomes a state (6) 16 Perhaps it’s a 1-horn

animal (5)

20 Animal in “Agnus Dei” (3)