QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

3 Gemstone (7) 7 Cherished (6) 8 Reinforce (7) 9 Animal’s appendage (4) 11 Sunset direction(4) 12 Sacked (5) 15 Containers (4) 16 Bamboo stem (4) 17 Bury (5) 18 Body part (4) 19 Chums (4) 21 Walked furtively (7) 22 Save (6) 23 Ascribes (7)

DOWN

1 Singing voice (4) 2 Pleased (7) 3 Subtract (5) 4 Object of worship (4) 5 Arcane (8) 6 Mock (6) 10 Declared (8) 11 Be victorious (3) 13 Pillage (7) 14 Finish (3) 15 Bookmakers’ semaphore (6) 18 Greek underworld (5) 19 Saucy (4) 20 Sense (4)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror