QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Possession (9) 8 Proportion (5)

9 For all to see (7)

10 A conifer (6)

11 Recluse (6) 12 Unquestioning (8) 15 Distinction (8) 18 Tight-fisted (6) 20 Elaborately decorated (6) 21 A made-up story (7)

22 A female relative (5)

23 Be understandable (4,5)

DOWN

2 All the time that (5) 3 Puzzling situation (6) 4 Answer to problem (8) 5 Drive forward (6) 6 Trustworthy (7) 7 Fleeting (9) 11 Rigidly conventional (9) 13 Power to impress (8) 14 Innovator (7)

16 High regard (6) 17 An admirable quality (6) 19 Excessively fat (5)