i Cryptic Crossword No 424

[souxie]

22 Across, 6 as central problem,surrounded by sacred objects (5,3,7)
????S THE R???C??
2 Down,Cavity filled with liquid from icy stream (4) ?O?T
3 Down, Providing equipment to absorb sudden attack a short time into trip(10) ?E?F?T???G

Many Thanks in Advance

[HowardKennitby]

2D cyst

[HowardKennitby]

cross the rubicon ?

[bibblebub]

22a) CROSS THE RUBICON
the problem = THE RUB inside sacred objects = CROSS ICON

2d)CYST = ...iCY STream...

3d) OUTFITTING
sudden attack = FIT, short time = T, trip = OUTING

apologies - as I posted on your earlier question, 6a should have been burn your bridges

[souxie]

Many thanks to you both,and thank you bibblebub for posting me correct answer froearlier I have only just looked.

[bibblebub]

i posted it several hours late so it's quite understandable that you didn't see it