QUICK CROSSWORD

Across

1. Boot (4)

3. Endearing (8)

9. Extreme happiness (7)

10. Closely pursue (5)

11. Not anticipated (3,2,3,4)

13. Lure (6)

15. Hold tightly (6)

17. Likely consequences (12)

20. Military fabric (5)

21. Chanted (7)

22. Catastrophe (8)

23. Smile (4)

Down

1. Collapse (colloq) (4,4)

2. Freewheel (5)

4. Small boat (6)

5. Restore (12)

6. Flower arrangement (7)

7. Concludes (4)

8. Problems (12)

12. Gradually introduced (6,2)

14. Male felines (7)

16. Writer (6)

18. Possessor (5)

19. Slide (4) Yesterday

Across: Skid 13. Varied 15. Veneer 17. Bold 18. Vanished 21. Eyeball

22. Havoc 23. Metatarsal.

Down: 1. Elect 2. Fissures 3. Rushed 4. Lilt 5. Shackle 6. Achievable 9. End product 12. Delights 14. Relieve 16. Dahlia

19. Hovel 20. Saga.