QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. Concise (8) 7. Long for (5) 8. Watchfulness (9) 9. Duo (3) 10. Surprise attack (4) 11. By mouth (6) 13. Immediate (13) 15. Resolve (6) 16. Continent (4) 18. Stomach (3) 20. Assailants (9) 21. Pastoral (5) 22. Follower (8) DOWN 1. Cut off (5) 2. Smokes (colloq) (7) 3. Not in use (4) 4. Offered felicitations (13) 5. Celebratory event (5) 6. Acts of bravery (7) 7. Upper limit (7) 12. Warlike (7) 13. Pictures (7) 14. Lewd (7) 15. Tempest (5) 17. Strength, virtue (5) 19. Throb (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across 1. Segregation 8. Overall 9. Costs 10. Damp 11. Misdeed 12. Doe 13. Lair 15. Oath 17. Tan 19. Exclude 20. Core 23. Poach 24. Precise 25. Masterpiece

Down 1. Shoddy 2. Gleam 3. Elan 4. Aflame 5. Incision 6. Nascent 7. Reside 12. Draughts 14. Acclaim 16. Temper 17. Temple 18. Renege 21. Opine 22. Reap