QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Unnerved (7)

5. Animals of an area (5)

8. Dragged one’s feet (6,3,4)

9. Affirmative (3)

10. Feeling unwell (9)

12. Crises (6)

13. Devils (6)

15. Onlooker (9)

16. Frozen (3)

18. Last (2,3,8)

20. Flair (5)

21. Encumbered (7) DOWN

1. Retort (5)

2. Translucently (13)

3. Prepare an ambush (3,2,4)

4. Beat someone (4,2)

5. Distant (3)

6. Accidental (13)

7. Schedules (7)

11. Settled in another country (9)

12. Plans (7)

14. Undresses (6)

17. Give (5)

19. Lengthen (3)

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: Across 1. Cask 3. Colossus 9. Lookout

10. Elite 11. Misinterpret 13. Taunts 15. Damsel 17. Repercussion

20. Agree 21. Asinine 22. Schedule 23. Eyes

Down 1. Calamity 2. Shoes 4. Outset 5. One-upmanship 6. Snipers

7. Stem 8. Round the bend 12. Blankets 14. Unearth 16. Scrawl

18. Icily 19. Bans