Quick No 1583 (answers in next week’s paper)

ACROSS

4. Deliverer (7) 8. Beginning (6) 9. Expelled (7) 10. Instruct (6) 11. Force (6) 12. Obscure (8) 18. Outside (8) 20. Up-to-date (6) 21. Ship (6) 22. Stupid (7) 23. Recompense (6) 24. Retaliation (7)

DOWN

1. Funny (7) 2. Spread (7) 3. Reflect (6) 5. Contiguous (8) 6. Revenue (6) 7. Rough (6) 13. Interminable (8) 14. Disparate (7) 15. Previously (7) 16. Caress (6) 17. Displace (6) 19. Exultant (6)