CROSSWORD

ACROSS:

1. Former name of Zimbabwe

(8) 5. Magician's stick (4) 8. Of great extent (4) 9. Slimming illness (8) 10. Written messages (7) 12. Elk (5) 15. Velocity of a current (5) 16. Critical examiner (7) 20. Small, pug nosed dog (8) 21. Incapable of speaking (4) 22. Period of session (4) 23. Let go to seal deer? (8)

DOWN:

1. Rebels (7) 2. Violent attack (5) 3. One of a series of steps (5) 4. Sea term used in hailing (4) 6. On tenterhooks (7) 7. Male of duck (5) 11. Accurate (5) 12. Newspapers, TV, etc (5) 13. Adhesive label (7) 14. Foreshadow as an omen (7) 15. Store house (5) 17. Fishing basket (5) 18. Naming words (5) 19. Fruit (4)

17 September 2017