COMPACT CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Italian volcano (8)

5 Tel _, Israeli city (4)

9 Of citizenship (5)

10 Fragility (7)

11 Offering (12)

13 Intrude (6)

14 Choice (6)

17 Deputy presiding at a meeting (4-8)

20 Saying (7)

21 Awkward (5)

22 Gamble (4)

23 Carved spout (8)

DOWN

1 Sotto _, as an aside (4) 2 Messiah (7)

3 In a sealed container (6-6) 4 Disqualifies (6)

6 Frankie _, one of the Four Seasons (5)

7 Journeying (8)

8 System of manoeuvring patron’s cars (5,7)

12 Venomous snake (3,5) 15 Figures of speech (7) 16 Greek L (6)

18 Symbol of Christianity (5) 19 Swelling on eyelid (4)