QUICK CROSSWORD

Across

1 Rod, – or perch (4) 4 Short nails (5) 8 Make fun of (8) 9 Plant fibre (4) 10 Rotate (4) 11 Reminiscent (8) 12 Audacious (6) 14 Hug (6) 16 Royal Scottish home (8) 19 Vast (4) 20 Jetty (4) 21 Revere (8) 22 Backbone (5) 23 Floor covering (4)

Down

2 Edible bulb (5) 3 Attendant for royalty (7) 4 Border river (5) 5 Coaxed (7) 6 Devil (5) 7 ‘Hard’ drink (6) 13 Japanese warrior (7) 14 Army officer (7) 15 Emissary (6) 17 Assumed name (5) 18 Show (5) 19 Wading bird (5)