Puzzles

Pick up a pen for a knitty challenge

ACROSS

1 Money saved for the future (4,3)

5 Traditional gift on Valentine’s Day (7)

9 Incisors, molars etc (5)

10 Heroic outlaw of English folklore (5,4)

11 Tread the boards? (3)

12 Pleased or amused expression (5)

13 --- caramel, custard dessert (5)

14 Door or gate fastener (5)

16 Cramps (6)

18 Yarn (6)

19 Warehouse (5)

22 Number of tentacles on an octopus (5)

24 Quick (5)

26 Columns of knit and purl stitches (3)

27 Sparkling drink, perfect for a romantic celebration (9)

29 Innocent, trusting (5)

30 Green gemstone (7)

31 Horse’s straps and fittings (7)

DOWN

1 Sport whose positions include Goal Shooter and Goal Attack (7)

2 Member of an audience (9)

3 Set of beliefs (5)

4 Pungent bulb used to flavour food (6)

5 Dietary material found in cereal (5) 6 Possess (3)

7 Run away to marry (5)

8 Sorrow, regret (7)

13 Roman god of love (5)

15 Symbol of love (5)

17 Oversee (9)

18 Sweet black sticky substance (7)

20 Pills (7)

21 Formal address to an audience (6)

23 Fruit grown on vines (5)

24 Sti (5)

25 Someone who gives blood (5)

28 Small green vegetable (3)