QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Bundle (6) 4 Spice (4) 7 Flower (4) 8 Twine (6) 9 Wound’s mark (4) 10 Gaelic (4) 12 Fiend (4) 14 Zero (3) 16 Take a pew! (3) 17 Ashen (4) 20 Unwrap (4) 23 Equestrian sport (4) 24 Contradiction (6) 25 Island (4) 26 Impolite (4) 27 Nun or nurse? (6)

DOWN

1 Fake jewellery (5) 2 Be concerned (4) 3 Feline (5) 4 Fail to hit (4) 5 Climb (6) 6 Enlist (5) 11 Genuine (4) 13 Stare (4) 15 Impassive (6) 16 Wonderful (5) 18 South American mountains (5) 19 Monarch (5) 21 Attitude (4) 22 Fog (4)

Solutions in next week’s Sunday Mirror