QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Single strike that kills (9) 6 Decompose (3) 8 Electronic messages (6) 9 Extremist (5) 10 African country (6) 11 Gossips (7) 13 Climbs (7) 16 Cavort (6) 18 Loafer (5) 19 Burning (6) 21 Point of a pen (3) 22 Pegboard (9)

DOWN

1 River barrier (3) 2 Of a bird (5) 3 Male spouse (7) 4 Insect that eats crops (6) 5 Squirm (6) 7 Of short duration (9) 8 Schooling (9) 12 Mineral pitch (7) 14 Famous people, informally (6) 15 Conforming to a standard (6) 17 Defence plea (5) 20 Gardening tool (3)