QUICK CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Exert personal influence (4,7) 7 Betting chances (4) 8 Breathe (7) 9 Mr Cruise, actor (3) 10 Track or scent of an animal (5) 11 Love to an excessive degree (4,2) 13 Hollow space (6) 16 Carrying weapons (5) 18 Donkey (3) 19 State of things as they are (7) 20 Silvery-grey metal (4) 21 Upkeep (11)

DOWN

1 Small pleasure boat (6) 2 Gentle sheen or soft glow (6) 3 Church talk (6) 4 Hazards (5) 5 Kenyan capital (7) 6 Have great confidence in (5,2) 11 Drawing (7) 12 Kettledrums (7) 13 Colouring stick (6) 14 Sight (6) 15 Royal chair (6) 17 Move aimlessly (5)