SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S EASY CROSSWORD:

ACROSS: 1 Vests; 6 Irate; 9 Risible; 10 Plain; 11 Lager; 12 Sapid; 13 Widower; 15 Set; 17 Arid; 18 Figure; 19 Merit; 20 Orator; 22 Wage; 24 Nun; 25 Matinee; 26 Rival; 27 Robot; 28 Patio; 29 Poacher; 30 Trier; 31 Ad- lib. DOWN: 2 Eclair; 3 Tripod; 4 Sin; 5 Sitar; 6 Illicit; 7 Read; 8 Teeter; 12 Sever; 13 Wagon; 14 Divan; 15 Susan; 16 Tepee; 18 Final; 19 Monitor; 21 Rumour; 22 Wizard; 23 Gemini; 25 March; 26 Rope; 28 Pea.