QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Sphere (5)

6. Thaws (5)

9. Card game (3,4)

10. Spicy Indian dish (5)

11. Approaches (5)

12. Lustre (5)

13. Plant type (7)

15. Joke, informally (3)

17. Boy’s name (4)

18. Essential character (6)

19. Trite (5)

20. Newspaper boss (6)

22. Slender (4)

24. Managed (3)

25. Debilitates (7)

26. Fear greatly (5)

27. Work dough (5)

28. Lukewarm (5)

29. Tutor (7)

30. To bury (5)

31. Pallid (5)

DOWN

2. Wealthy, informally (6)

3. Lowest part (6)

4. Biblical priest (3)

5. US city (5)

6. Inorganic matter (7)

7. Paradise (4)

8. Deposit on the teeth (6)

12. Musical instrument (5)

13. Maker of bread (5)

14. Street urchin (5)

15. Craftiness, cunning (5)

16. Microbes (5)

18. Without clothes (5)

19. Pupil living at school (7)

21. Begin to become apparent (4,2)

22. Winter sportsmen (6)

23. Provoke (6)

25. Spectate (5)

26. Fruit (4)

28. Beverage (3)