QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Help (10)

7. Animals of an area (5)

8. Perfumed (7)

10. Lifts (8)

11. Resounded (4)

13. Shrivel (6)

15. Believe (6)

17. Genuine (4)

18. Casino employee (8)

21. Follows (7)

22. Block of metal (5)

23. Cake shop (10) DOWN

1. Shade of bright blue (5)

2. Shipping channels (3,5)

3. Organised way of working (6)

4. Highest point (4)

5. Model platform (7)

6. Later (10)

9. Grow worse (10)

12. Curious (8)

14. NZ reptile (7)

16. Takes hold of (6)

19. Fireside (5)

20. Targets (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across 7. Overconfident 8. Trawlers

9. Guts 10. Mirror 12. Ousted 14. Ego 15. Census 17. Torpid 19. Pair

21. Legacies 23. Round the clock

Down 1. Overtime 2. Brewer 3. Bole 4. Offshoot 5. Adages 6. Gnat

11. Resolute 13. Evidence 16. Sprint 18. Recall 20. Avow 22. Grey