QUICK CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Gang dispute over territory (4,3) 5 Stupid (4) 7 Chest bone (3) 8 Corrupt person in a group (3,5) 9 Driver’s hotel (5) 10 Cooking fat (4) 13 Rip (4) 14 Close noisily (4) 18 Painful or weak (4) 19 Foreign (5) 21 Joke-teller (8) 22 Shade of colour (3) 23 Applaud (4) 24 Arm bone (7)
DOWN
1 Italian dessert (8) 2 Refutation or contradiction (8) 3 Move or sway unsteadily (6) 4 Conundrum (6) 5 Leave (6) 6 Drop (4) 11 Decode (8) 12 Royal daughter (8) 15 Cosmetics (4-2) 16 Decay or rot (6) 17 Large wine bottle (6) 20 Basin (4)
MONDAY’S SOLUTION
(No 7,950): ACROSS: 1 Parochial. 6 Imp. 8 Garden. 9 Inter. 10 Barrel. 11 Eternal. 13 Appease. 16 Recess. 18 Trail. 19 Idiots. 21 Ram. 22 Apprehend. DOWN: 1 Pea. 2 Rider. 3 Candles. 4 Inside. 5 Listen. 7 Paralysis. 8 Gibraltar. 12 Termite. 14 Plasma. 15 Asleep. 17 Crime. 20 Ted.