CROSSWORD

No. 3,603

ACROSS

1 Conclude contract (6) 4 Messengers supply drinks

round the military station (8) 9 Employees used to keep up

standards (6)

10 One who’s left without credit

(8)

12 Anxious when visiting

America? (2,1,5)

13 Short notice (6)

15 Her daughter went to Paris

(4)

16 Presentation for joint service?

(10)

19 Offer sprawling lion some

meat (10)

20 Toiletry obtained from local

chemists (4)

23 I’m more upset by a personal

account (6)

25 Capital investment for a

speculator’s family (8) 27 Technician born in a

disturbed reign (8)

28 I’m taking a certain attitude

for tax (6)

29 Precise bill put before a junior

minister (8)

30 An alto composition lacking

an established key (6)

DOWN

1 Talk to William about the fuel

account (3,4)

2 Awful display of greed at an

outdoor restaurant (3,6) 3 Spent two notes at the charity

do (6)

5 Aristocrat always preceded by

a page (4) 6 Decline to make way for a

successor? (4,4)

7 Fired with high explosive quick to move (5)

8 Cancel score (7)

11 Maybe Lister had a point

making things so (7) 14 Aimed for highest church

post in the Christian era (7) 17 Find path from the summit

(5,4) 18 Inventor resigned in a

tantrum (8)

19 Modify a painting technique

(7)

21 Business needs a new angle

in the freeze (7)

22 Line call (6)

24 To many the three wise men

are incredible (5)

26 Fitting way to make

someone’s acquaintance (4)