30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Staff appointment in which you'll find a man of letters! (4-6)

7. High explosive round a street - quick movement required (5)

8. Wise Shakespearian king comes to bad end (7)

10. More than just what the doctor ordered (8)

11. Hopes obviously to hide some money (4)

13. Aspirations to disconcert the ladies (6)

15. Depicts father in back-street (6)

17. Hair fastener (4)

18. Fence near the ground for the corncrake (8)

21. Briny vegetable? Look for a drink, we hear (3-4)

22. Italian love affair unfinished (5)

23. After a sentence, shut up! (10)

DOWN

1. A copper collection! (5)

2. Fleet manoeuvres are carried out in this way (8)

3. Describing a hooter blinking well! (6)

4. Accommodation having no stairs, presumably (4)

5. Business undertaking produces anxiety (7)

6. Makes a record of books in the Bible (10)

9. Sends a post card, as the fisherman does (5,1,4)

12. One of high birth, but not a member of the House of Orange! (8)

14. Loudly announce what was previously staked (7)

16. Provides the necessary fare (6)

19. Directed one's efforts to disrupting the media (5)

20. Two and one in standard score (4)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION Across: 6 Physics; 7 Seven; 9 Try; 10 Insurance; 12 Inessential; 15 Hair-raising; 17 Rationale; 19 Pan; 21 Taxes; 22 Rosette.

Down: 1 Third; 2 Asp; 3 Scan; 4 Recanting; 5 Sea-coal; 8 Augers; 11 Untrained; 13 Swains; 14 Caravan; 16 Party; 18 Loot; 20 Led.