10 MINUTE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Obtain fraudulently (7)

5 Ceremonial splendour (4)

7 Choose (3)

8 Union or confederation (8)

9 Rest on one’s knees (5)

10 Look for (4)

13 Actual (4)

14 Biblical shipbuilder (4)

18 Departed (4)

19 Illegal burning (5)

21 Hairdresser’s tool (8)

22 Be indebted to (3)

23 Touch down (4)

24 Becomes smaller in size or degree (7)

DOWN

1 Extremely bad (8)

2 As good as secured (2,3,3)

3 Very much (6)

4 Join the armed services (6)

5 Actor (6)

6 Small rodents (4)

11 Central part of a policy or system (8) 12 Screens on a horse’s bridle (8) 15 Jumped on one foot (6)

16 Breakfast food (6)

17 Stops temporarily (6)

20 Earnest request (4)

Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Sideboard. 6 Eat. 8 Iconic. 9 Eerie. 10 Diesel. 11 Oppress. 13 Carnage. 16 Ladder. 18 Times. 19 Chased. 21 Sin. 22 Disunited.

Down: 1 Sic. 2 Denis. 3 Backlog. 4 Asleep. 5 Degree. 7 Treasured. 8 Indicates. 12 Pelican. 14 Remind. 15 Assess. 17 Draft. 20 End.