THE QUICKIE

ACROSS

1 Unexpected but welcome thing (7)

5 Discretion (4) 7 Illuminated (3) 8 Unmarried man (8) 9 Perceive (5)

10 Midday (4)

13 Mechanical routine (4) 14 Consumes food (4) 18 British nobleman (4) 19 Love affair (5)

21 Game bird (8) 22 Household fuel (3) 23 This place (4)

24 Spanish drink (7)

DOWN

1 Waterproof overshoes (8) 2 Cause to explode (8) 3 Symbol (6)

4 Polite and respectable (6) 5 Minor earthquake (6) 6 Cut with an axe (4)

11 Not any more (2,6) 12 American state (8) 15 Cruel and vicious (6) 16 Every time (6)

17 Scottish clan design (6) 20 Clarified butter in Indian cooking (4)