10 MINUTE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Pacify ( 7)

7 Be reconciled after a quarrel ( 4,2) 8 Lower back pain ( 7) 9 Impolite ( 4)

10 Chum ( 4) 12 Reasons for doing something ( 7)

14 Inner edge of a snooker table ( 7) 16 Suspend ( 4) 18 Knock senseless ( 4)

20 Teach ( 7) 21 Superficial appearance ( 6) 22 Consider likely ( 7)

DOWN

1 Fierce verbal or written attack ( 7) 2 Confess ( 5)

3 Mr Shearer, ex footballer ( 4)

4 Strong feeling ( 7) 5 Brisk clash or encounter ( 8) 6 Package ( 6) 11 Improves ( 8) 12 Female parents ( 7) 13 Put forward forconsideration ( 7) 15 Unfastens ( 6) 17 Proverb ( 5)

19 Soap froth ( 4)