QUICK CROSSWORD

No. 9021

ACROSS

1. Ending in death (5) 6. Brutal person (5) 9. Country (7) 10. Cleave (5) 11. Veracity (5) 12. Godly (5) 13. Of the sides (7) 15. Permit (3) 17. Cupid (4) 18. Term of office (6) 19. Unadorned (5) 20. Judders (6) 22. A lot, informally (4) 24. Plaything (3) 25. Odd or unusual (7) 26. Cut into cubes (5) 27. Ancient artefact (5) 28. Of tides (5) 29. Several different (7) 30. Pallid (5) 31. One who steals (5)

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2. Seem or look (6) 3. Puts up with (6) 4. Auction item (3) 5. Polite, courteous (5) 6. Road-surfacing

material (7) 7. Hearing organs (4) 8. Easy scoring chance (6) 12. Buckets (5) 13. Minimum (5) 14. Present age (5) 15. Of the moon (5) 16. Taut or rigid (5) 18. Timorous (5) 19. Aquatic bird (7) 21. Hangs in the air (6) 22. Drive away (6) 23. Thick oil (6) 25. Start (5) 26. Plunge (4) 28. Sound of annoyance (3)