QUICK CROSSWORD

Across

1. Become indistinct (4)

3. Timetable (8)

9. Made of clay (7)

10. Hoard (5)

11. Insincere (12)

13. Drained (6)

15. Be undecided (6)

17. Fails to work properly (12)

20. Military fabric (5)

21. Stripped (7)

22. Extended further down (8)

23. Poke (4)

Down

1. Devilish (8)

2. Throws down the gauntlet (5)

4. Call off (6)

5. Agonising (12)

6. Lacking manners (7)

7. Spied (4)

8. Menopause (6,2,4)

12. Was in charge of a situation (8)

14. Pacify (7)

16. Nervous (2,4)

18. Command (5)

19. Slide out of control (4)