SMALL CROSSWORD

DOWN

1 Ritual sip (anag.) (9) 2 Mother or father (6) 3 Close to (4) 4 Land measure (3) 5 Alleviate (7) 6 Sets of bones (9)

ACROSS

1 People from Spain (9) 7 Lacking brightness of colour (4) 8 Badly-damaged ship (5) 10 Sheltered side (3) 11 Fostered (6) 13 Meddle (9) 14 Fabric with a lustrous pile (6) 16 Vaselike vessel (3) 18 Council area of E Scotland (5) 19 Soon (4) 20 People tuned in to a radio (9) 8 But on the other hand (7) 9 Estimated TV audience size (7)

12 Minor earthquake (6) 15 Money lent at interest (4) 17 Intestine (3)

Solution on Monday