THE QUICKIE

ACROSS

1 Causing great damage or harm (11)

7 Object of worship (4)

8 One who introduces acts (7) 9 Australian bird (3)

10 Scene of conflict (5)

11 Rank (6)

13 Dog breed (6)

16 Desert’s fertile spot (5) 18 Unwell (3)

19 Period between cause and effect (4,3)

20 Chooses (4)

21 Estimable or worthy (11)

DOWN

1 Subtract (6)

2 Noiseless (6)

3 Happens again (6) 4 Punctuation mark (5) 5 Frozen mass in the sea (7) 6 Lift to a higher position (7) 11 Small motorcycle (7) 12 Accepts as true without proof (7)

13 Giving out much light (6) 14 Relaxed confidence (6) 15 Small (6)

17 Work out the answer (5)