QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS 7. Countless (6,7) 8. Boaster (8) 9. Trails (4) 10. Edict (6) 12. Paused (6) 14. Signal (3) 15. Attack (6) 17. Scarcity (6) 19. Ale (4) 21. Force (8) 23. Decoration (13) DOWN 1. Without equal (8) 2. Lumberjack (6) 3. Thought (4) 4. Chained (8) 5. Hymns (6) 6. Amphibian (4) 11. Overshadowed (8) 13. Outside (8) 16. Overseas (6) 18. Items of value (6) 20. Nobleman (4) 22. Dines (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across 1. Creative 7. Avoid 8. Go bananas 9. Era 10. Doom 11. Valued 13. Belligerently 15. Send on 16. Brag 18. Fee 20. Tantalise 21. Envoy 22. Assassin

Down 1. Caged 2. Embroil 3. Tins 4. Vantage points 5. Boxed 6. Ideally 7. Assumed 12. Dignity 13. Baffled 14. Tarries 15. Serve 17. Green 19. Data