CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS

6 Current situation (3,2,3,4)

8 Broad heavy knife (7) 9 Escort (5)

10 Sea eagle (4)

12 Rupture (6)

14 Don (3,2)

15 Bump or push roughly (6) 16 Eyelid swelling (4) 19 Complete confusion (5) 21 Distribute (4,3)

22 Small but fatal weakness (8,4)

DOWN

1 Climbs down (8) 2 Following in time (5) 3 One who steals (5) 4 Egg white (7)

5 Unit of length (4) 6 Logger (10) 7 Decorative (10) 11 Actor’s prompt (3) 12 Cooker top (3) 13 Gaseous element (8) 14 Synthetic material (7)

17 Grown-up (5)

18 Partially melted snow or ice (5)

20 Curved structure (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mirror