10 MIN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

2 Decline (6)

5 Present (4)

6 Speaker’s platform (6)

7 Give over (4)

8 Circuit (3)

11 Pitcher (4)

13 Lethargic (6)

14 Grew older (4)

15 Image used to represent something (6)

DOWN

1 Small valley (4)

2 Ward off (5)

3 Leave (4)

4 Sudden outburst of anger (6)

7 Prickly desert plant (6)

9 Bicycle part (5)

10 Dracula author, — Stoker (4)

12 Smooth, level (4)

FRIDAY’S SOLUTIONS ACROSS: 6 Horde, 7 Hew, 8 Penitence, 13 Celebrate, 18 Rye, 19 Olive. DOWN: 1 Shop, 2 Wren, 3 Nett, 4 When, 5 Twee, 9 Exe, 10 Ice, 11 Err, 12 Cat, 13 Carp, 14 Leer, 15 Boom, 16 Amid, 17 Ever.