30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Instrumental in enjoying good health, comparatively speaking? (3,2,1,6)

7. Pale and portable, possibly... (5) 8. ...unlike this, grand as it may

be (5)

9. Part of a discontinued

container (3)

10. Anticipate everyone

following the wood (9)

11. An excellent meal - or just a

sandwich filler? (6)

12. Crept along surreptitiously

after the burglary (6)

15. Made one’s mark, having

been forced into service (9) 17. Passenger on wrong train

appears to be a bit of one! (3) 18. Part of a long poem to follow

9’s equivalent (5)

19. What the thief did, inversely speaking, to obtain a mass of gold, perhaps (5)

21. Peripatetic supporter? (7-5)

DOWN

1. “Field of Battle” is a single article found at beginning of

the book (12)

2. Sink down and back 20 (3) 3. We never catch up with it! (6) 4. Left side opted to change (9) 5. Public walk back with a

South American animal (5) 6. Cattle on wheels - in the

goods yard? (7-5)

7. Vessel found in areas where

Nile waters flow back (5) 10. Outline to contrive

employment (9)

13. When said, it is said to be

repaired the most speedily (5) 14. Make over like an emblem (6) 16. Animal to procure, so to

speak (5)

20. Empty (but explosive?) talk (3)