QUICK CROSSWORD

Across

1. Cinema attendant ( 9)

8. Regret ( 3)

9. Outlay ( 11)

11. Scheme ( 7)

12. Avoid ( 5)

13. Foliage ( 6)

15. Defeated ( 6)

17. Contaminate ( 5)

18. Thriftiness ( 7)

20. Mediator ( 11)

22. Permit ( 3)

23. Galvanize ( 9)

Down

2. Half a dozen ( 3)

3. Scope ( 5)

4. Winding ( 6)

5. Rival ( 7)

6. Over- assuming ( 11)

7. Irresolution ( 9)

10. Likelihood ( 11)

11. Edible ( 9)

14. Give right to ( 7)

16. Edict ( 6)

19. Unconcealed ( 5)

21. Lout ( 3)