QUICK CROSSWORD

No 8,990

2021-10-23 -

ACROSS

1 Improbable

in nature (3-7) 6 Young swan (6) 7 Scottish

market town (5) 9 To study (6) 10 Light blow (3)

11 Servant (4) 14 Defeat (4) 15 Shade of

brown (3) 16 Member of

the clergy (6) 17 Prickly plants (5) 18 Type of flower (6) 20 Island nation (3,7)

DOWN

1 Move through the

air on wings (3) 2 Washed out (6) 3 Have a meal in a

restaurant (3,3) 4 Intelligent (6) 5 Cardinal

number (8) 6 Improving the appearance only (8) 8 One who gives preferential treatment to family (8) 9 Highest point

or level (8) 12 Squirt or

spray (6) 13 Petty details (6) 14 Colombian

capital (6) 19 Finish (3)