QUICK CROSSWORD

Across

1. Hopeful, promising (10)

7. Smell (5)

8. Takes place (7)

10. Authorised (8)

11. Confine (4) 13. Deranged (6)

15. Overfamiliar, outdated (3,3)

17. Bloodstained (4)

18. Limit (8)

21. Type of pasta (7)

22. Bring upon oneself (5)

23. Briefly (10)

Down

1. Approximately (5) 2. Close examination (8) 3. Hardened (6)

4. Uncertain (colloq) (4)

5. Let loose (7)

6. Index digit (10) 9. Onlookers (10)

12. Apparel (8)

14. Wither (7)

16. Birth sign (6)

19. Irritating (5)

20. Painful (4)