QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 16th century English diarist (5)

4 Break up (7)

8 Large cask (3)

9 To a sickening extent (2,7) 10 Mortified (7)

11 Close friend (5)

13 Hang around (6)

15 Actually (2,4) 18 Contemptible (5) 19 Daydreaming (7) 21 Assembled for business (2,7) 23 By way of (3)

24 At a future time (7)

25 A sortie by troops (5)

DOWN

1 An unsuspected hazard (7) 2 Culminating point of a joke (5,4)

3 Cluster of bees (5)

4 Lay bare (6)

5 Very small quantity (7) 6 Unreturnable tennis service (3)

7 Ventriloquist’s doll (5) 12 Having reached

destination (2,7)

14 Open to the elements (7) 16 Curative treatment (7) 17 Intellectually clever (6) 18 Small change (5)

20 Roman goddess of love (5) 22 Total amount (3)