QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Melodramatics (11)

8. Inspiring (7)

9. Slightly burn (5)

10. Sieve (4)

11. Tolerant (7)

12. Delight (3)

13. Competent (4)

15. Swarm (4)

17. Overheat (colloq) (3)

19. Supple (7)

20. Dread (4)

23. Musical instrument (5)

24. Current of warm air (7)

25. Instantly (11)

DOWN

1. Funeral vehicle (6)

2. Bundle of grain stalks (5)

3. Area in a house (4)

4. Excessively (6)

5. Madness (8)

6. Genuine (7)

7. Scabbard (6)

12. Large wine bottle (8)

14. Type of rice (7)

16. Limp (6)

17. Fertile (6)

18. Attractive (6)

21. Wipe out (5)

22. Thought (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION:

Across 6. Exhale 7. Laptop 10. Precede

11. Tripe 12. Omen 13. Steer 16. Nippy 17. Guru 20. Least

21. Deserts 22. Divine 23. Select

Down 1. Jet-propelled 2. Cheered 3. Alley 4. Panther 5. Strip

8. Prerequisite 9. Centipede 14. Distant 15. Quarrel 18. Mauve

19. Usher