QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

3 Window cover (7) 7 Reliable (6) 8 Middle East inhabitant (7) 9 Occasion (4) 11 Alcoholic beverage (4) 12 Firearm (5) 15 Consignment (4) 16 Trunk of a car (4) 17 Girl’s name (5) 18 Narrow aperture (4) 19 Animal fat (4) 21 Tranquillised (7) 22 Cope (6) 23 New Zealand city (7)

DOWN

1 Largest continent (4) 2 Extraterrestrial (7) 3 Wet mud (5) 4 In this place (4) 5 Solid, real (8) 6 Curdling agent (6) 10 Point (8) 11 Was victorious (3) 13 Servant (7) 14 Auction item (3) 15 Expired (6) 18 African country (5) 19 Suburban dwelling (4) 20 Small bird (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror