THE QUICKIE

ACROSS

1 Shockingly bad or excessive (10)

6 Young cow (6)

7 Command (5)

9 Period of ten years (6) 10 Wine colour (3)

11 Fever (4)

14 Faucets (4)

15 Advanced in years (3) 16 Soldier on guard (6) 17 Scorch (5)

18 Jumps over (6)

20 Of limited size or extent (5-5)

DOWN

1 Mineral (3)

2 Chewy sweet (6)

3 TV antenna (6)

4 Runs away to wed (6) 5 Material beneath a carpet (8) 6 Six-sided figures (8) 8 Pungent-tasting edible roots (8)

9 Part of the small intestine (8) 12 Also (2,4)

13 Cutlery items (6)

14 Bodily injury or wound (6) 19 Foot part (3)