10-MINUTE QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

4. Refer to (7)

8. Utterly defeated (6)

9. Seclude (7)

10. Perpetrate (6)

11. Tarry (6)

12. Usurp (8)

18. Cloudy (8)

20. Base (6)

21. Red wine (6)

22. Rival (7)

23. Importance (6)

24. Yield (7)

DOWN

1. Decisive (7)

2. Digest (7)

3. Needlework (6)

5. Out-of-date (8)

6. Noiseless (6)

7. Character (6)

13. Spicy (8)

14. Concentrated gunfire (7)

15. Law (7)

16. Earlier (6)

17. Unemotional (6)

19. Depended (6)

PREVIOUS SOLUTION Across: 1 Fraudulence; 9 Aid; 10 Eliminate; 11 Tried; 13 Evicted; 14 Ritual; 16 Denial; 18 Imitate; 19 Cheat; 20 Classmate; 21 Axe; 22 Leading role.

Down: 2 Rod; 3 Up-end; 4 United; 5 Edifice; 6 Coastline; 7 Masterpiece; 8 Send a letter; 12 Intricate; 15 Amassed; 17 Regain; 19 Clear; 21 All.