30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Superfluous quantity to be found in revised rate (5)

4. Being cast in a different form is diabolical (7)

8. I look inside and find some flavouring (7)

9. Iron part of the helmet altered (5)

10. This is sung for joy (4)

11. Award an honour last month and make a speech (8)

13 and 19Dn. Space not adjusted

for this kind of fuel (4-4)

14. Dissolute type to spray with gunfire (4)

16. Records attempt to make ornamental textile (8)

17. One providing meat - part of the leg (4)

20. Greek character held by some gangsters (5)

21. Erica and he having a change of heart (7)

22. Patient attendants, relatively speaking (7)

23. Make inquiries in backstreet for jobs (5)

DOWN

1. Grossly inflated accounts result when taxes are going crazy! (13)

2. Wind the thread (5)

3. Top copy and ten more required (4)

4. Gloomy study to have a depressing effect (6)

5. Could be a late romp lasting for a certain time (8)

6. Can upset the price of fertiliser (7)

7. But it’s not a weapons training establishment! (7,2,4)

12. Picture: The Headland Beyond the Waters (8)

13. Work on newspapers subject to tyrannical treatment (7)

15. Bends the back for vaulting (6)

18. The remains of high explosive found in a vessel (5)

19. See 13 Across.