QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7. Artistic leeway (6,7)

8. Happening at regular intervals (8)

9. Bill of fare (4)

10. Squirm (6)

12. Harem attendant (6)

14. Formerly (3)

15. Cutlasses (6)

17. Royal seat (6)

19. Stop (4)

21. Impetus (8)

23. Tooth specialist (6,7) DOWN

1. Self-made alcohol (4,4)

2. Rigid (6)

3. Corrosive liquid (4)

4. Prudent (8)

5. Religious address (6)

6. Read quickly (4)

11. Set of clothes (8)

13. Illusionist (8)

16. Turn round (6)

18. Go back on a deal (6)

20. Prayer ending (4)

22. Mangle (4)

THURSDAY’S SOLUTION: Across 1. Ancestry 7. Delve

8. Admirable 9. One 10. Tick 11. Fealty 13. Self-assurance

15. Sundae 16. Opts 18. See 20. Reproduce 21. Dizzy 22. Adherent

Down 1. Apart 2. Comical 3. Sore 4. Rubberstamped 5. Alloy

6. Deceive 7. Deplore 12. Laundry 13. Subside 14. Neptune

15. Seize 17. Scent 19. Cope