QUICK CROSSWORD

No 9,157

ACROSS

1 Decorative (10) 6 Branched horn (6) 7 Put off to

a later time (5) 9 To hurt or

wound (6) 10 Find fault

continually (3) 11 Gifts to

the poor (4) 14 Minute particle (4) 15 Spike of

wheat (3) 16 Bird type (6) 17 Gemstone (5) 18 Slim and delicate (6) 20 A dessert (5,5)

DOWN

1 Have as

property (3) 2 Stockings (6) 3 Quietly spoken

utterance (6) 4 Pushes gently (6) 5 Close connection or

liking (8) 6 Evident (8) 8 Military

formation (8) 9 Unseemly (8) 12 Large Russian

wolfhound (6) 13 Muscular

contractions (6) 14 Antenna (6) 19 Concealed (3)