SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S EASY CROSSWORD:

ACROSS: 1 Brute; 6 Stout; 9 Effects; 10 Agent; 11 Rally; 12 Actor; 13 Cubicle; 15 Mat; 17 Otis; 18 Decade; 19 Vases; 20 Evokes; 22 Wisp; 24 Rut; 25 Soprano; 26 Fishy; 27 Ogles; 28 Ether; 29 Torture; 30 Green; 31 Asset. DOWN: 2 Ragout; 3 Tennis; 4 Eft; 5 Hence; 6 Strokes; 7 Tsar; 8 Unload; 12 Alias; 13 Cover; 14 Bigot; 15 Mafia; 16 Tempo; 18 Decoy; 19 Venison; 21 Vulgar; 22 Writes; 23 Sneeze; 25 Shuts; 26 Fete; 28 Era.