CLUES FOR CROSSWORD

NO. 1387

Across

7 mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes (6) 8 Approximately (6) 9 Chatter (4) 10 Having a beak resembling that of a duck (8) 11 The period of greatest prospenity or productivity (7) 13 Like or containing meat (5) 15 Lay (5) 17 Steamship (7) 20 Light opera (8) 21 Edible fat (4) 23 Pen for swine (6) 24 In direct opposition; directly (6)

Down

1 Fabric made from the hair of sheep (4) 2 Jested at (6) 3 Hottest period of the year (3,4) 4 The production of young from an egg (5) 5 Fetter (6) 6 Strip (8) 12 Omission of parts of word or sentences (8) 14 Shallow and rectangular briefcase (7) 16 Blood-red (6) 18 Adrift (6) 19 Alcohol (5) 22 Christ’s cross (4)