ACROSS QUICK

1 Slat in a door or window (6) 4 Braggart (8) 10 Descendants (9)

11 Shiny fabric (5)

12 Remedy to a poison (8) 13 Rest, tranquillity (6) 15 Unable to speak (4) 17 Inflammation of the joints (9)

20 Inventive talent (9) 21 Printed characters (4) 24 Embodiment of a person or idea (6)

25 Avoid work by feigning sickness (8)

28 Main force of a blow (5) 29 Bold, fearless (9) 30 Wooden platter (8) 31 Water craft (6)

DOWN

1 Ballet tights (8)

2 Out of condition (5) 3 Turbulent part of a river (6) 5 Company emblem (4) 6 Purple-flowered vine (8) 7 Position of command (9) 8 Peril (6)

9 Jerky dance of the 1940s (9)

14 Islands north of Scotland (9)

16 Tiny (9)

18 Overly concerned with details (8)

19 Retaliation (8)

22 Opening move (6) 23 Ring (6)

26 Sheen (5)

27 Enclosure (4)