QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. Liability (4) 3. Drifters (8) 9. Opening (7) 10. Boxed (5) 11. Unassisted (6-6) 14. By way of (3) 16. Sound (5) 17. Firearm (3) 18. Rural (12) 21. Expiring (5) 22. Fakes (7) 23. Delaying (8) 24. Inquires (4) DOWN 1. Troublesome (8) 2. Cured meat (5) 4. Some, or all (3) 5. Rejoining (12) 6. Savings (colloq) (4,3) 7. Foam (4) 8. Unwaveringly (12) 12. Three line poem (5) 13. Detailed examination (8) 15. More irate (7) 19. Staggers (5) 20. Mine shaft (4) 22. Hold down (3)