QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6. Deaden a sound (6)

7. Drives forward (6)

10. Runner (7)

11. Pace (5)

12. Ladder crosspiece (4)

13. Void (5)

16. Started (5)

17. Money (4)

20. Creamy-white colour (5)

21. Prime cut of steak (7)

22. Wager (6)

23. Violent exhalation (6)

DOWN

1. Mortifying (12)

2. Casual (7)

3. Slumber (5)

4. Copy (7)

5. Conditions (5)

8. Swindled (5-7)

9. Pay back (9)

14. Use again (7)

15. Soldier’s knife (7)

18. Condemns (5)

19. Stadium (5)

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION:

Across

1. Menu 8. Silhouette

9. Woodland 10. Ripe 12. Strobe 14. Prefer 15. Deaths 17. Despot

18. RSVP 19. Restrain 21. Greediness 22. Toss

Down

2. Effortless 3. Used 4. Cleave 5. Holdup 6. Peerless 7. Cede

11. Precocious 13. Octuplet 16. Strain 17. Dashed 18. Rage

20. Rest