QUICK CROSSWORD

Across

7. Highly unusual (13)

8. Shell (8)

9. Nervous (4)

10. Squanders (6)

12. Fasten or join (6)

14. Plaything (3)

15. Older, or higher in rank (6)

17. Neighbourhood (6)

19. Let fall (4)

21. Lucky charm (8)

23. Alien objects (6,7)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION Across:

Down

1. Dig up (8)

2. School absentee (6)

3. US state (4)

4. Side on (8)

5. Turn upside down (6)

6. Boast (4)

11. Tactics (8)

13. Pirates (8)

16. Damage (6)

18. Cut in half (6)

20. Anger (4)

22. Single sheet of paper (4)

1. Dab hands 7. Occur 8. Malformed 9. Roc 10. Rift 11. Unison

13. A fly on the wall 15. Unclad 16. Idea 18. Opt 20. Childless 21. Eject

22. Jettison

Down: 1. Demur 2. Baleful 3. Amok 4. Demonstrative 5. Scorn

6. Crucial 7. Odyssey 12. Concoct 13. Allowed 14. Address 15. Utter

17. Arson 19. Edit