CROSSWORD

Across

1. Present (4) 8. Playlist (10) 9. Youthful (8) 10. Volume (4) 12. Gag (6) 14. Fatal (6) 15. Stabbing weapon (6) 17. Waver (6) 18. Hide (4) 19. Dogma (8) 21. Certainty (10) 22. Deposit (4)

Down

2. Depict (10) 3. Loyal (4) 4. Elf (6) 5. Ally (6) 6. Difference (8) 7. Yield (4) 11. 1000 years (10) 13. Runaway (8) 16. Lessen (6) 17. Fraud (6) 18. Step (4) 20. Peel (4)

Last week’s solution Across: 7 Ochre; 8 Inquest; 9 Tempest; 10 Alarm; 12 Primordial; 15 Omnipotent; 18 Scour; 19 Glacial; 21 Machete; 22 Alien. Down: 1 Posthumous; 2 Shame; 3 Fête; 4 Victim; 5 Squadron; 6 Regalia; 11 Malevolent; 13 Repartee; 14 Invoice; 16 Tugged; 17 Vigil; 20 Ajar.