QUICK PUZZLES

NO 1 ACROSS

1 Cushion (6)

4 Prickly plant (6)

9 Perturb (7)

10 Vigilant (5)

11 Bonus (5)

12 Severely simple (7) 13 Determined (11) 18 Case in point (7)

20 Form (5)

22 Grape plants (5)

23 Libya’s capital (7) 24 Arranged (6)

25 Composed (6)

DOWN

1 Weighing devices (6)

2 Spark-producing rock (5)

3 Arise (from) (7)

5 Gather (5)

6 Circus swing (7)

7 Abba’s country (6)

8 Government branches (11)

14 Throw a . . . in the works (impede) (7) 15 Motivate (7)

16 Starts a tennis game (6)

17 Disparage (6)

19 Fake gems (5)

21 Without support (5)

NO 2 ACROSS

1 Sully (7)

5 Extreme (prefix) (5) 8 Bury (5)

9 Duplicate (7)

10 Confident (4-9)

11 Army chaplains (6) 12 Used épées (6)

15 Drawings (13)

18 Friendly (7)

19 Immature ovum (5) 20 Follow as a result (5) 21 Venus and Serena

Williams, eg (7)

DOWN

1 Attempts (5)

2 Flustered (7)

3 Boisterous (13)

4 Pester (6)

5 Without airs and graces (13) 6 Coin-toss call (5)

7 Presented with (7)

11 Lemur or ape, eg (7)

13 Sense of finality (7)

14 Leafy vegetables (6)

16 Hoists (5)

17 Looks for (5)

NO 3 ACROSS

1 Without adequate help (5-7) 10 Offered resistance (7)

11 Bird’s feathers (7)

12 Bards (5)

13 Seafood delicacies (8)

15 Nourishment (10)

16 Zap (4)

18 Sacred Nile bird (4)

20 Useful (10)

22 Informed (8)

24 Symbol of love (5)

26 Marine carapace wearers (7) 27 Present as a list (7)

28 Lucrative enterprise (5-7)

DOWN

2 Occurs (7)

3 Opposed (8)

4 Lather (4)

5 Neared (10)

6 Long-running disputes (5)

7 Most cherished (7)

8 Sympathetic (13)

9 Characters (13)

14 Without sufficient attention (10) 17 Voting age in SA (8)

19 Temporary (7)

21 Picture (7)

23 Criminal (5)

25 Trace of smoke (4)