30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

3. He’s mad, even before All Fools’ Day! (5,4)

8. After the account is presented, he shows an uncomfortable feeling (4)

9. Wives assist sailors (9)

10. Protect the film world (6)

11. What is strange about the right feeling of passion? (5)

14. Not one with winning ways (5)

15. Measure the paved area (4)

16. Five hundred in good health occupy the houses (5)

18. The requirement of Irene Edwards (4)

20. Go easy - or Mabel will be upset (5)

21. A friend goes to the southeast for a flowery part (5)

24. An occasion when people’s spirits are raised (6)

25. Officer involved in recount (9)

26. Port not consumed (4)

27. The material for broom makers? (9)

DOWN

1. No country for the firmfooted (9)

2. Hypocrites come up in different shape (9)

4. The last word is almost

correct (4)

5. Act in a frolicsome way that’s a sauce (5)

6. He has a poor try to be cordial (6)

7. Regrets Parisian ways (4)

9. The rabble, we hear, tried the case (5)

11. A revolutionary device on the gaming table (5)

12. He, barring a mix-up, announces forthcoming events (9)

13. Partisans stand awkwardly round this place (9)

17. Charged for the French study (5)

19. Are such river features surveyed by triangulation? (6)

22. This pointedly indicates the shaft (5)

23. Take a close look at a nobleman (4)

24. Performance that shows individuality (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION

Across: 1 Holy; 3 Call-boys; 8 Gags; 9 Sturgeon; 11 Brother-inlaw; 13 Lesson; 14 Finish; 17 Flagofficers; 20 Regional; 21 Rail; 22 Taciturn; 23 Stir.

Down: 1 High-ball; 2 Lagoons; 4 Artery; 5 Laryngitis; 6 Omega; 7 Sane; 10 Throughout; 12 Whistler; 15 Inexact; 16 Affair; 18 Logic; 19 Writ.