QUICK CROSSWORD

Across

1 River flowing from Black Forest

to Black Sea (6)

4 With hearing getting worse (6) 9 Silly (7)

10 Frogs’ eggs (5)

11 Office worker (UK) — shop

assistant (US) (5)

12 Souvenir (7)

13 Sioux chief, d.1890 (7,4) 18 Keep out (7)

20 Awry (5)

22 Major Hindu deity (the

destroyer) (5)

23 Tidal river mouth (7) 24 Corruptly manipulated (6) 25 Large indefinite number (6) Down

1 Flaw (6)

2 Not a soul (2,3)

3 Cut of beef (7)

5 Surrey racecourse (5) 6 Evasive talk (7)

7 Haphazard (6)

8 Card game, gambling against

the banker (6,2,3)

14 Moving slowly and carefully (7) 15 Horrid (7)

16 Tricky question (6) 17 Influenced (6)

19 Customary practice (5) 21 Colour of military uniforms (5)