10-minute crossword

ACROSS

1 Paint messily (4) 3 Cardigan and sweater combination (7) 9 Egg-layer (3)

10 Word of greeting (5) 11 Sow (seeds) (5)

12 Dull, bland (7) 13 Frightening tidal wave (7) 14 Written school assignment (5)

16 ___ it, putting in too much effort (9)

18 Falling back into illness (9) 20 Cowboy’s covered horse-drawn cart (5) 22 Caller, guest (7) 24 Pertaining to origin, especially human heredity (7)

26 In need of tightening (5) 27 Place where an action or performance occurs (5) 28 Underwired garment (3) 29 Long dead (species) (7) 30 One who consumes or operates (4)

DOWN

1 Natives of Copenhagen (5) 2 Gloomy (7)

3 Brown or rainbow fish (5) 4 Seize (goods) (7) 5 Travelling the oceans (9) 6 Making a noise to show disapproval (7) 7 Range to pick from (6) 8 Tall garden flowers (8) 15 Spend money freely (6,3) 17 Charming or employing (8) 18 Rotate, turn (7) 19 Decorative design on wallpaper (7)

20 Stands in awe (7) 21 Flower liquid collected by bees (6) 23 Shipbuilding bolt (5) 25 Swollen underground root or stem (5)