QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Bordering (7) 5 New Zealander (5) 8 Kind of spicy food (5) 9 Capital of Antigua (2,5) 10 Narrator (9) 12 Mat (3) 13 Humorous (6) 14 Picasso, e.g. (6) 17 Aeroplane (3) 18 Sugar-coated sweet (5,4) 20 Sparkle (7) 21 Native American (5) 23 Topple (2-3) 24 Battens (anag.) (4,3)

DOWN

1 Parson (5) 2 Indian rule (3) 3 Turn of batting (7) 4 Panted; exclaimed (6) 5 Officer (5) 6 Or else (9) 7 Perception (7) 11 Scar (9) 13 Martial art (2-5) 15 James Joyce novel (7) 16 Customer (6) 18 Jested (5) 19 37th US President (5) 22 Ball (3)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1. Hole 4. Sailor (Wholesaler) 7. Mat 9. Beau 10. Ablution 11. Log 12. Iowa 13. Stricken 16. Reference book 19. Whippets 23. Zany 24. Phi 25. Jacobite 26. Quip 27. Emu 28. By hand 29. Easy. DOWN: 2. Over one’s head 3. Emulate 4. Stags 5. Idler 6. Optic 8. Home Counties 14. Tenet 15. Ice 17. Rip 18. Bezique 20. Proxy 21. Erica 22. Speed