QUICK CROSSWORD

Across

1 Author of The Descent of Man

(7,6)

8 Excess body fat (4)

9 Sent into exile (8)

10 Glittering with changing

colours (10)

12 Glutinous (6)

14 Whitening chemical (6) 15 Be nonchalant (4,2,4) 19 Altered (8)

20 Coniferous tree (4)

21 An inseparable constituent

(4,3,6)

Down

2 Merriment (8)

3 Dressed (5)

4 Ambassador’s residence (7) 5 Jig, say (5)

6 Decoration made of ribbons (7) 7 Notion (4)

11 Cadge (8)

13 Mediterranean islander (7) 14 Gradual increase (5-2)

16 Not native (5)

17 Flower bud used in cooking (5) 18 Deep unconsciousness (4)