QUICK CROSSWORD No. 9227

ACROSS

4. Passionate embrace (6) 7. Secret, confidential (4-4)

8. Decorates (6)

10. Put up (5)

13. Boy’s name (4)

14. Duty list (4)

15. Employer (4)

16. Uncooked (3)

17. Complain, grumble (4)

19. Golf club (4)

21. Sluggish, torpid (9)

23. Young male horse (4)

24. Group of criminals (4)

26. Dog’s foot (3)

27. Eager, astir (4)

29. Leader of mosque prayers (4) 32. Waterfowl (4)

33. Love deeply (5) 34. Small river (6) 35. Charlatan (8) 36. Native of Brittany (6)

DOWN

1. Applaud with shouts (5) 2. Valuable thing (5) 3. Chinwag (4) 4. Complete confusion (5) 5. Object of worship (4) 6. High-kicking dance (6) 9. A plan or project (6) 11. Steal from (3) 12. Desert animal (5) 13. Nine-sided figure (7) 15. Expression of disgust (3)

16. Large mythical bird (3)

18. Canada’s capital (6)

20. Stiff (5)

21. Not high (3)

22. Torn cloth (3)

23. Horse’s medium pace (6)

25. Drinks counter (3)

28. Street urchin (5)

30. April, for example (5)

31. Cheerful, jolly (5)

32. Cult (4)

33. At the summit (4)