30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Use provocation that can be seen, by the sound of it (6)

4. He keeps locks in good trim (6)

9. Points from which jets start (8-5)

10. Came to stay and paid the bill (7)

11. You’ll find me interrupting the conclusion to put things right (5)

12. Brethren are kept in this (5)

14. Celebration for the Spanish after the Revolution (5)

18. It’s very much inclined to deviate (5)

19. Watches television - to observe depravity? (5,2)

21. They adopt different attitudes when working (7,6)

22. Painting in brown woven material (6)

23. Part of the course where not so much is staked (6)

DOWN

1. To make tea, for example, puts America in a fine mess! (6)

2. He’s in a money-making business (13)

3. What adds up to an unfinished story (5)

Out of reach I eventually

accomplish what is required (7)

6. One in this state can’t be faulted (13)

7. In Buenos Aires I decide to take up permanent occupation (6)

8. Acts as nurse, but has some objection (5)

13. An example of an intercontinental link-up (7)

15. A particular angle chosen by the press is not on the level (6)

16. A good poker hand - wellsupplied with money (5)

17. The south in trade society agreement (6)

20. Circle over the area, oxygen needed (5)