QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Go away hastily (5)

6. Something inserted (5)

9. Of the sense of touch (7)

10. Sailing vessel (5)

11. Popular beer (5)

12. Holy person (5)

13. Ordinary, dull (7)

15. TV’s Mr Lynam (3)

17. Plant type (4)

18. Upward slope (6)

19. Handles clumsily (5)

20. Favour (6)

22. Feel concern or interest (4)

24. Belonging to us (3)

25. More than a few (7)

26. Large bowl (5)

27. Punctuation mark (5)

28. Magic servant (5)

29. State of perfect happiness (7)

30. Pickling solution (5)

31. Internal sore (5)

DOWN

2. Red, for example (6)

3. On bad terms (2,4)

4. Orienteering aid (3)

5. Vaporised water (5)

6. Malady (7)

7. Undiluted (4)

8. Cardinal number (6)

12. Sweet substance (5)

13. Hippopotamus, in short (5)

14. Skinflint (5)

15. Exclude (5)

16. Iron alloy (5)

18. Foreign (5)

19. Girl’s name (7)

21. Hearsay (6)

22. Breakfast food (6)

23. Deep narrow gorge (6)

25. Strainer (5)

26. German city (4)

28. Wildebeest (3)

SOLUTION TO QUICK PUZZLE NO. 9248: Across: 3 Sprat; 8 Value; 10 Macho; 11 Ion; 12 Bonus; 13 Integer; 15 Start; 18 Few; 19 Teeter; 21 Mutates; 22 Heal; 23 Ante; 24 Pliable; 26 Evokes; 29 Nib; 31 Paris; 32 Sutures; 34 Leaps; 35 Mud; 36 Guilt; 37 Regal; 38 Salty. Down: 1 Faint; 2 Tuneful; 4 Poor; 5 Amuses; 6 Taste; 7 Chore; 9 Lot; 12 Bewails; 14 Get; 16 Atone; 17 Tries; 19 Tetanus; 20 Cheep; 21 Major; 23 Albumen; 24 Peseta; 25 Bit; 27 Vague; 28 Kills; 30 Cedar; 32 Spot; 33 Rug.