SALAH CRACKER KEEPS TITLE RACE FIZZING

QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS

1 Maze (9) 6 Put in the mouth and swallow (3) 8 Avoidance road (6) 9 Court cards (5) 10 Be indecisive (6) 11 Brave (7) 13 Difficulty (7) 16 Soak up (6) 18 Actor in a crowd scene (5) 19 Cricket sticks (6) 21 Precipitation form (3) 22 Aide (9)

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1 Produce eggs (3) 2 Offensively loud or self-confident (5) 3 Withhold (7) 4 Metallic element (6) 5 Rupture (6) 7 Laboratory vessels (4,5) 8 Counterpane (9) 12 Accumulates (7) 14 Canadian capital (6) 15 Bloomers, cobs, etc. (6) 17 Finnish-style steam bath (5) 20 Hit lightly (3)