10-minute crossword

Have fun with this straightforward crossword.

ACROSS

1 Car harness for a passenger (4,4) 5 China’s continent (4) 9 Tatty, shabby and full of holes (4-5)

10 Phrase uttered by a bride (1,2)

11 Shop selling cheese and cold cuts (4) 13 Reduce the time (7) 16 Officially ban (4) 18 Removed branches from (a tree) (6) 19 Advertising catchphrase (6) 21 Joy, delight (4) 23 Farewell word (7) 25 Strongly against (4) 27 Muhammad ___, famous boxer (3) 28 After-school punishment (9) 30 Sharp flavour (4)

31 City on the Arno (8)

DOWN

1 Ancient Japanese form of wrestling (4) 2 Common insect (3) 3 Bouffant hairstyle (7) 4 Most modern (6)

6 Of a garment, very close-fitting (4-5) 7 Decorating, adding beauty to (8)

8 Release (a knot) (4) 12 Big bang (9) 14 Garden watering tube (4) 15 Open (disregard) (8) 17 Highly strung, twitchy (4) 20 Novice driver (7) 22 Soup ingredient, pulse (6) 24 Torso (4) 26 Knobbly leg joint (4) 29 Old coaching house (3)