Quick Crossword

ACROSS

3. Retains (5)

8. Type of parrot (5)

10. Stand-offish (5)

11. Animal’s coat (3)

12. Hooded snake (5)

13. Ridicules (7)

15. Descends suddenly (5)

18. Metallic element (3)

19. Trustworthy (6)

21. Subtitle (7)

22. Yarn used in knitting (4)

23. Lather (4)

24. Light shoes (7)

26. Package (6)

29. Falsehood (3)

31. Very strong person (5)

32. Dismiss from consideration (4,3)

34. Meeting for discussion (5)

35. Animal (3)

36. Young eel (5)

37. Procrastinate (5)

38. Fry quickly in little oil (5)

DOWN

1. Thin biscuit (5)

2. Of marriage (7)

4. Cupid (4)

5. Forgive (6)

6. Killed (5)

7. Sits for an artist (5)

9. Tyke (3)

12. Middle (7)

14. Slope downwards (3)

16. Planet (5)

17. Secret hoard (5)

19. Lawless youth (7)

20. Cleaned with a broom (5)

21. To woo (5)

23. Type of railway coach (7)

24. Married Spanish woman (6)

25. Afflict (3)

27. Church gangway (5)

28. Coffee bars (5)

30. Sweetener (5)

32. Corrode (4)

33. Lubricate (3)

SATURDAY’S SOLUTIONS

Across: 3 Buyer; 9 Sailor; 10 Donate; 11 Acrid; 12 Ajar; 15 Tempts; 17 Rarebit; 19 She; 20 North; 22 Camel; 24 Super; 25 Logic; 27 Ice; 29 Citadel; 32 Valour; 34 Nose; 35 Sheep; 37 Rotate; 38 Mousse; 39 Salad.

Down: 1 Oscar; 2 Cigar; 3 Boa; 4 Urchin; 5 Edit; 6 Rodents; 7 Harps; 8 Tease; 13 Jamaica; 14 Rebel; 16 Thieves; 18 Tonic; 21 Human; 23 Locusts; 26 Cinema; 27 Ivory; 28 Elate; 30 Douse; 31 Levee; 33 Rhea; 36 Pod.