Easy Crossword

ACROSS 1. Senior monk (5) 6. Receive pleasure from (5) 9. Regular procedure (7) 10. Following in time (5) 11. Narrow (5) 12. Apple, e.g. (5) 13. Tussle (7) 15. Distress signal (3) 17. This place (4) 18. Riches (6) 19. Conceals (5) 20. Hand tool (6) 22. Scorch (4) 24. Spike of wheat (3) 25. Babble (7) 26. Haughty (5) 27. Weasel-like animal (5) 28. Elector (5) 29. Sure (7) 30. Arabian republic (5) 31. Wading bird (5) DOWN 2. Prior to (6) 3. Otherwise (2,4) 4. Hill (3) 5. Gaze fixedly (5) 6. Tempts (7) 7. Shipshape (4) 8. Feline mammal (6) 12. Thresh about (5) 13. Colourless (5) 14. Mistake (5) 15. Precipitation (5) 16. Land adjoining the sea (5) 18. Eerie (5) 19. Make cheerful (7) 21. Baby’s toy (6) 22. Not weak (6) 23. State without proof (6) 25. Glazing paste (5) 26. Step (4) 28. Contend (3)