Crossword 2921

ACROSS

1 Beyond contempt; cheap; low (10)

7 Adverse reaction of the body after eating a certain food (7) 8 Past tense of drive (5)

9 A vessel that transports goods and passengers over a river or lake (5) 11 Structure, appearance and feel of a woven fabric (7) 14 The flat area on either side of the forehead (6) 16 Japanese form of selfdefence and martial art similar to judo (6)

18 A cord worn around the neck to hold a whistle (7)

19 Unit of mass equal to 1000 kg (5)

20 A stand for a blackboard (5) 23 Situated within the hull (7) 24 Insincere talk; hot air (5,5)

DOWN

1 Inquire or research deeply or intensively (5) 2 Get-together (5)

3 Small wolf-like animal found in the US and Canada prairies (6)

4 Tender (3)

5 Charles Darwin’s theory on the origin of the species (9) 6 Adversary (3)

9 Mortal (5)

10 Talk or write about old times (9)

12 Roman number for 16 (3) 13 Summon; elicit (5) 15 Meadow (3)

17 Freak; misfit (6) 19 Anathema (5) 20 Informal guidelines of what is considered normal (5) 21 Electrocardiogram (3)

22 In the _ of the gods (3)