QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Cold and damp (4)

3. Proves to be wrong (8)

9. Plain in appearance (7)

10. Subject (5)

11. Morning-after restorative

(4,2,3,3)

14. Short melody (3)

16. Jeer (5)

17. Illuminated (3)

18. Ulterior motive (6,6)

21. Head of a house of friars

(5)

22. Expelling (7)

23. Stiffness (8)

24. Wall (4) DOWN

1. Tie (4,4)

2. Type of pear (5)

4. Be in debt (3)

5. Paternal type (6,6)

6. Earth (7)

7. Religious faction (4)

8. Thought again (12)

12. Prickle (5)

13. Choke (8)

15. Bringing up (7)

19. Loud (5)

20. Box lightly (4)

22. Cooking vessel (3)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across: 7. Ounces 8. Bowler

10. Terrain 11. Swept 12. Sell 13. Viper 17. Realm 18. Save

22. Amuse 23. Nervous 24. Abacus 25. Meteor

Down: 1. Contest 2. On a roll 3. Pedal 4. Holster 5. Flees 6. Wrath

9. Unwilling 14. Revenue 15. Bayonet 16. Censure 19. Satan

20. Mural 21. Cried