QUICK CROSSWORD

Across 7. Bothersome person (4,2,3,4) 8. Omit (5,3) 9. Assists (4) 10. Cower (6) 12. Idea (6) 14. Beer (3) 15. Bury (6) 17. Shortage (6) 19. Closed (4) 21. As one (8) 23. Done on the spur of the moment (13)

Down 1. Strategy (4,4) 2. Not level (6) 3. Data (abbr) (4) 4. Went pale (8) 5. Child (6) 6. Bitter (4) 11. Inveterate (8) 13. Surreptitiously (2,3,3) 16. Choosing (6) 18. Cunning (6) 20. Expectation (4) 22. Delight (4)

Yesterday Across: 1. Warships 7. Agile 8. Facetious 9. Opt 10. Reap 11. Almost 13. Complimentary 15. Tempts 16. Half 18. Die 20. Unopposed 21. Copes 22. Assessed. Down: 1. Wafer 2. Reclaim 3. Hate 4. Proclamations 5. Pilot 6. Destiny 7. Astound 12. Olympus 13. Conduct 14. Amasses 15. Tempo 17. Faded 19. Épée.