30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7. Light wood made as lab experiment (5)

8. See pin-up at once - a European (7)

9. Disappear without right coat (7)

10. Finished with model - that's obvious (5)

12. Sweets possess a means of causing a smell (10)

15. Jolson and Bertha'll perform at London venue (6,4)

18. Code is broken - why, say it's a ruse (5)

19. Unfortunately send in SAS that's depressing (7)

21. Angrily create about royal row (7)

22. A novice, one on his own (5)

DOWN

1. Bravo! Abode alteration is legal (5,5)

2. Fame is gruesome on the novice (5)

3. Put VAT, say, on single cab (4)

4. Fruit from Chile is rotten to

a point (6)

5. A hundred seek stimulation at revel (8)

6. Sour wine which has had its chips? (7)

11. Press rates badly as an interloper (10)

13. Somewhat merry in cooler boater (8)

14. Dark origins of BO curse! (7)

16. Hotels, perhaps, at which people get accommodation (6)

17. Drank up at HQ (5)

20. It's a crisis without a wee measure (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION ACROSS: 1 Ambiguous; 8 Ova; 9 Institution; 11 Biretta; 12 Frame; 13 Flimsy; 15 Gemini; 17 Theme; 18 Animate; 20 Brittleness; 22 Nil; 23 Fulminate.

DOWN: 2 Man; 3 Glint; 4 Ocular; 5 Skiffle; 6 Contaminate; 7 Cauterise; 10 Serviceable; 11 Befitting; 14 Sheriff; 16 Cartel; 19 Iceni; 21 Sat.