QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Salad item (6) 4 Act of God (5) 7 Large dog (10) 8 Portent (4) 9 Assistants (5) 11 Having reached maturity (5-2) 13 A slacker (7) 15 __ MacArthur, yachtswoman (5) 17 Condiment (4) 18 Direct look between two people (3,7) 20 Levy (5) 21 Type of animal (6)

DOWN

1 Crowd of people (6) 2 English river (4) 3 Creature with tentacles (7) 4 __ Payne, singer (5) 5 Nocturnal bird (3) 6 Mends with stitches (5) 7 Spring back (6) 10 Decree or settlement imposed (6) 12 Ghost (7) 14 Traditional routine (6) 15 Put pressure on (5) 16 Loop at the end of a rope (5) 17 A swindle (4) 19 Newt (3)