ACROSS

1. Legend (4) 8. Easy task (6,4) 9. Dips in liquid (8) 10. Mature (4) 12. Genuflects (6) 14. Idea (6)

15. Lax (6) 17. Motive (6) 18. Minus (4) 19. Mishap (8) 21. Unofficially (10) 22. Team (4) DOWN 2. The first humans (4,3,3) 3. Pain (4)

4. Fails to hit (6) 5. US inventor (6) 6. Short musical drama (8) 7. Cow-house (4) 11. Declared (10) 13. Issue (8) 16. Convulsions (6) 17. Remember (6)

18. Den (4)

20. Periods of time (4)