THEQUICKIE

ACROSS

1 Other than (6,3) 6 Thing a bird lays (3) 8 Church talk (6) 9 Powerful businessman or financier (5) 10 Fasten or connect (6) 11 Comes into view (7) 13 Travel to make discoveries (7) 16 Secret plot (6) 18 Group of eight (5) 19 Thespians (6) 21 Unit of weight (3) 22 American state (9)

DOWN

1 Biblical woman (3) 2 Punctuation mark (5) 3 Leopard (7) 4 Frail (6) 5 Provocation (3,3) 7 Mobsters (9) 8 Whipping boy (9) 12 Communication sent (7) 14 Obvious (6) 15 Acquire (6) 17 Detests (5) 20 Regret (3)