QUICK CROSSWORD

Across

1 Someone prone to dropping

things (13)

8 Passage from book? (7) 9 Phone-to-computer

connector (5)

10 Annoy (4)

11 See 23

13 Sell (6)

14 Dense silky fabric (6) 17,1down Competition to list the

letters of a word (8,3) 19 Former RN woman (4)

21 Try (5)

22 Symphonie fantastique

composer, d. 1869 (7) 24 Faction broken away from its

parent organisation (8,5) Down

1 See 17

2 Player trying to win the ball (7) 3 Basic monetary unit for 19

countries (4)

4 Moneybags? (3,3) 5 Irrespective of (2,6)

6 With one side pointing towards

the front (3,2)

7 (Good) helpful person (9) 10 Take back (9)

12 Methodist (8)

15 Giddiness (7)

16 Powerless (6)

18 Stand for a canvas (5) 20 Boast (4)

23,11 Locking device with two toothed edges and a sliding tab (3,8)