30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Store between 180 and 270 degrees (4)

8. Knocked down and defeated (10)

9. What the bride says afterwards won’t be in church! (8)

10. Quietly act on an agreement (4)

12. Possibly go over a rut (6)

14. Side-tracks to avoid the back street (6)

15. Cause a disturbance a little way behind the breakwater (6)

17. Contract concerning Mussolini (6)

18. Farm product from the vale (4)

19. Tactful fellow (8)

21. There are terms for this (10)

22. Rush in three directions at once! (4)

DOWN

2. Offer nothing but solicitous affection? (6,4)

3. It’s used to make garments, but not the cotton variety (4)

4. Bench to determine an issue (6)

5. Goes hunting, we hear, for birds (6)

6. Offer for money (8)

7. It makes fast speed at sea (4)

11. Child’s play for those who like pulling strings (4,6)

13. Forget how to take charge (8)

16. An early walk (6)

17. Mend a broken rapier (6)

18. Pole enters by way of a special permit (4)

20. Finished and left (4)