QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Departed (4) 4 Diplomacy (4) 6 Unsullied (4) 8 Stair (4)

11 Lease (4)

13 Water bird (7) 14 Frozen water (3) 16 Subsequently (5) 18 Japanese bed (5)

21 Beam of light (5) 22 Evaluates (5) 24 Vigour (3) 25 Performance (7) 28 Rescue (4) 30 Country road (4) 31 Office worker (4) 32 Concave roof (4) 33 Retain (4)

DOWN

1 Speech defect (4) 2 Sense (4)

3 Wall painting (5) 4 Decimal base (3) 5 Occasion (4)

7 Of the kidneys (5) 9 Term of office (6) 10 Aviator (5)

12 Binds (4) 15 Mediterranean islander (6)

17 Asian language (5) 19 Faucets (4) 20 Impudence (5) 23 Appears (5)

24 Walk heavily (4) 26 Domesticated (4) 27 Jump (4) 29 Consumed (3)