QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7. Crude but effective (5-3-5)

8. Impetus (8)

9. Always (4)

10. Hold gently (6)

12. Fool (6)

14. Capture (3)

15. Abide by (6)

17. Excessively ingratiating (6)

19. As well as (4)

21. Shiny (8)

23. Comprehension (13) DOWN

1. Publicly respected (8)

2. Be in accord (6)

3. Stop (4)

4. Leftover pieces of cloth (8)

5. Of late (6)

6. Mothballed (4)

11. Stimulate (8)

13. About to happen (8)

16. Religious holiday (6)

18. Fleet of ships (6)

20. Give temporarily (4)

22. Formal test (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across 1. Obduracy 7. Bathe

8. Impudence 9. Ace 10. Good 11. Stream 13. Play hard to get

15. Portal 16. Muss 18. Due 20. Eliminate 21. Scald 22. Encipher

Down 1. Owing 2. Diploma 3. Rude 4. Consternation 5. Steam

6. Demerit 7. Beneath 12. Whirled 13. Prudish 14. Goulash 15. Petal

17. Sheer 19. Mini