QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Respected (8) 5 Odium (4) 8 Culminated (6) 9 Bargain (4) 10 Snooze (3) 12 Still (3) 13 Young pilchard (7) 15 Terminate (3) 17 Cooks (5) 18 An affirmative (3) 19 Hand over (7) 20 Mischief-maker (3) 22 Transgress (3) 24 Curious (4) 25 Unified (6) 27 Merit (4) 28 Bold (8)

DOWN

1 Hooter (4) 2 Chilly (5) 3 Single (10) 4 Sheep (3) 6 Pension income (7) 7 Coffee (8) 11 Gold-digger (10) 13 Exhausted (5) 14 Reply (8) 16 Chest of drawers (7) 21 Bored (3,2) 23 Attack (4) 26 Convent dweller (3)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1. Claw 4. Roe 6. Fill (Chlorophyll) 8. Trying 9. Parity 10. Gangster 11. Maul 12. Grief-stricken 17. Stag 19. Dogsbody 22. Cajole 23. Reason 24. Stop 25. See 26. Eden. DOWN: 2. Lorna 3. Wriggle 4. Right 5. Emperor 6. Forum 7. Lettuce 10. Gig 13. Retract 14. Sadness 15. Cabbage 16. Nay 18. Group 20. Gorse 21. Doone.