Easy Crossword

ACROSS

1. Monarch’s residence 4. Select, pick

8. Mature, evolve into 10. Routes, ways

11. Big, huge

12. Sagacity

13. Formed, moulded 15. In short supply 19. Public oration 21. Strength, power 24. Copying, imitating 25. Made from merino, a … garment 26. Property, real … 27. Sections of a song

DOWN

1. Pools of rainwater 2. Crowbar, eg 3. School, technical … 5. Aspirations

6. Not inside, an … event 7. Opposite of west 9. Animals’ feet

14. Place in a job

16. Write music 17. Increases in length 18. Put on display 20. Number in an octet 22. Sea birds

23. Rouse from sleep