QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

3 Encourage (7) 7 Regaled (6) 8 Conundrums (7) 9 Blemish (4) 11 Demeanour (4) 12 Humped mammal (5) 15 Chair (4) 16 Mosaic piece (4) 17 Cancel (5) 18 Hermit (4) 19 Awful (4) 21 Railing (7) 22 Covered street (6) 23 Fracture (7)

DOWN

1 Singing voice (4) 2 Eastern European (7) 3 Wading bird (5) 4 Revise (4) 5 Heating appliance (8) 6 Snuggle (6) 10 Bad-tempered (8) 11 Males (3) 13 Metal ore (7) 14 Moose (3) 15 Royal Engineer (6) 18 Bishop’s headdress (5) 19 Precious (4) 20 Gratis (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror