QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Noise (6) 4 Sense (4) 7 Ellipse (4) 8 Take into custody (6) 9 Speak (4) 10 Aid in crime (4) 12 Small rodent (4) 14 Era (3) 16 Notice (3) 17 Lovely (4) 20 Contest (4) 23 Flightless birds (4) 24 Option (6) 25 Surrender (4) 26 Felt remorse (4) 27 Fresh (6)

DOWN

1 Kingdom (5) 2 Stiff paper (4) 3 Sum (5) 4 Doom (4) 5 Delighted (6) 6 Compare (5) 11 Waistband (4) 13 On a single occasion (4) 15 Lessen (6) 16 Precipitous (5) 18 Painful affliction (5) 19 Play dishonestly (5) 21 Second-hand (4) 22 Landlord’s call (4)