GUARDIAN CROSSWORD

Across

1 Quite possibly (7) 8 Stone work in Gothic

windows (7) 9 Colder than freezing

(3-4) 10 Dirty bits and bobs (7) 11 Excuse for not doing

something (5) 13 Purity (9) 15 Huge plain in Tanzania

(9) 18 Anointed (5) 21 Close interaction (7) 22 Shake up (7) 23 City of south Wales (7) 24 Socket filler (7)

Down

1 Fusilli, tortelloni etc (5) 2 Jewish spiritual leader

(5) 3 South Pacific US territory, capital Pago Pago (8,5) 4 Egoist (anag) — cheap

cigar (6) 5 Gas formed by breathing out (6,7) 6 Corrupt — mountain

pass (6) 7 Contraction of the pupil — Miss Yo (anag) (6) 12 As it happens (4) 14 Island in a boat song about Flora MacDonald and Bonnie Prince Charlie (4) 15 Instant — support (6) 16 Establishes again (6) 17 Property — tea set (anag) (6) 19 Tibetan capital (5) 20 Reside (5)