Financial Mail and Business Day

30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Sacked and burnt (5)

4. A spare man (7)

8. He spelt a girl’s name thus (7)

9. A strange pose for a fabulous story-teller (5)

10. This is beneath one (4)

11. He’s bound to better himself elsewhere (8)

13. Openly enjoy a stay in the country? (4)

14. It needs fifty to put one on the ground (4)

16. Plain words about a border flower (8)

17. The impressive kind (4)

20. Delia’s perfect form (5)

21. Object in torn clothing (7)

22. Possibly pray after the treatment (7)

23. A disposition to command (5)

DOWN

1. It’s indicative of a pretty low degree (8,5)

2. One who gets up part of the stairs? (5)

3. It takes two to make one (4)

4. Quite at ease for a private reception (2-4)

5. Rushing in and demanding money (8)

6. Wiling to try a new blend of tea (7)

7. I, for one! (7,6)

12. When it’s raining it’s up against it! (8)

13. Language which is written down (7)

15. Lost as a dog may be (6)

18. Surrender profit (5)

19. Short weight in Europe (4)

THE BOTTOM LINE

en-za

2023-02-02T08:00:00.0000000Z

2023-02-02T08:00:00.0000000Z

https://bd.pressreader.com/article/282003266569700

Arena Holdings PTY