QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

3 Without expression (7) 7 Plundered (6) 8 Medicinal syrup (7) 9 Sieve (4) 11 Crooked (4) 12 Asian language (5) 15 Hypocrisy (4) 16 Fable (4) 17 Bury (5) 18 Cutlery item (4) 19 Harbour (4) 21 More irate (7) 22 Exert (6) 23 Talismans (7)

DOWN

1 Smooth and even in texture (4) 2 Permission (7) 3 Dutch town (5) 4 Revise (4) 5 Tyrant (8) 6 Snuggle (6) 10 Essential (8) 11 Prohibition (3) 13 Extraterrestrial (7) 14 Sort (3) 15 Loud creepy-crawly (6) 18 Castles (5) 19 Nuisance (4) 20 Pale red (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror