CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Iron (5)

4. Romantic (6)

7. Railway carriage (3)

8. Vegetable (6)

9. First-born (6)

10. Ready (8)

12. Foul smelling (4)

13. Refuge (6)

15. Peril (6)

16. In place of (L) (4)

17. Diminish (8)

19. Snobbish (inf) (2-2-2)

20. Overfamiliar, outdated (3-3)

22. Pull (3)

23.

24. Wanderer (5)

DOWN

1. Stall and postpone (13)

2. Generation (3)

3. Rub hard, scrub (5)

4. Much feared (7)

5. Stamina (9)

6. Comprehend incorrectly (13)

11. Contamination (9)

14. Arbitrate (7)

18. Royal headgear (5)

21. Indistinct (3)