QUICK SOLUTION FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 18

ACROSS: 3 Instigate, 8 Slow, 9 Embarrass, 10 Absorb, 11 Chest, 14 Lurid, 15 Here, 16 Error, 18 Nous, 20 Early, 21 Sully, 24 Batter, 25 Fictional, 26 Fret, 27 Aggrieved.

DOWN: 1 Assailant, 2 Monstrous, 4 Numb, 5 teach, 6 Garish, 7 Task, 9 Erode, 11 Curly, 12 Territory, 13 Dehydrate, 17 Regal, 19 Suitor, 22 Loose, 23 ring, 24 Bare.