QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

3 Hazelnut (7) 7 Commotion (6) 8 Swelling (7) 9 Valley (4) 11 Cord (4) 12 Ship’s officer (5) 15 Spell (4) 16 Flower (4) 17 Pungent (5) 18 Certain (4) 19 Presenter (4) 21 Plaintiff (7) 22 Curdling agent (6) 23 Sticks (7)

DOWN

1 A long way away (4) 2 Honesty (7) 3 Myth (5) 4 Man or Wight? (4) 5 Turkish strait (8) 6 Royal seat (6) 10 Skill (8) 11 Legendary bird (3) 13 Organising (7) 14 Exploit (3) 15 Fruit (6) 18 Painful ulcers (5) 19 In this place (4) 20 Nocturnal flyer? (4)