CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Sweet on a stick (8) 5. Calm suspicions or fear (4) 8. Vow (4) 9. High hill (8) 10. Side by side and facing the same

way (7) 12. Vegetable with an edible bulb

that has a strong smell (6) 15 & 21. Subtraction symbol (5,4) 16. Rat riot (anagram) (7) 20. Signed up (8) 21. See 15 across 22. Collections (4) 23. Bear (8)

DOWN

1. Large African feline mammal (7) 2. Not now (5) 3. Inflates (5) 4. Also (4) 6. Element symbol "U" (7) 7. Cloth made from flax (5) 11. South American range (5) 12. Drama set to music (5) 13. Slender turret connected with a

mosque (7) 14. Sailor (7) 15. Encounters (5) 17. Cowboy show (5) 18. Made an effort (5) 19. Trees (4)