QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Sweet (6) 4 Wound’s mark (4) 7 State (4) 8 Health worker (6) 9 Element (4) 10 Precious metal (4) 12 Toil (4) 14 Frozen water (3) 16 Pitch (3) 17 Casserole (4) 20 Pitcher (4) 23 Scorch (4) 24 Regional lilt (6) 25 Transmit (4) 26 At that time (4) 27 Period after Good Friday (6)

DOWN

1 Devil (5) 2 Stringed instrument (4) 3 Dance (5) 4 Auction off (4) 5 Acclaim (6) 6 Embankment (5) 11 Leer (4) 13 Get beaten (4) 15 Thick oil (6) 16 Implied (5) 18 Deal (5) 19 Thespian (5) 21 Small bird (4) 22 Opening (4)