QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Alluring charm or fascination (7)

7 Very happy (6)

8 Badly brought up (3-4)

9 Crossbow arrow (4)

10 Breathe hard (4)

12 Small sea fish (7)

14 Jewellery item (7)

16 Mix with a spoon (4)

18 Wealthy (4)

20 In or for every hundred (3,4)

21 Get away (6)

22 Machine-like (7)

DOWN

1 Brief view (7)

2 No less than (3,2)

3 Monstrous or cruel person (4)

4 Danger signal (3,4) 5 Island in the Caribbean (8)

6 The former name of Sri Lanka (6)

11 Brow (8)

12 Photographer, informally (7)

13 Irregular (7)

15 Amongst (6) 17 Stealing (5)

19 Legless insect larva (4)

THURSDAY’S SOLUTION (NO 9,275) – ACROSS: 1 Office hours. 7 Wept. 8 Ringlet. 9 Imp. 10 Email. 11 Mojave. 13 Arthur. 16 Major. 18 Oar. 19 Catcall. 20 Aged. 21 Youth hostel. DOWN: 1 Overdo. 2 Fatima. 3 Corpse. 4 Hence. 5 Unleash. 6 Settler. 11 Mimicry. 12 Jujitsu. 13 Apollo. 14 Tyrant. 15 Unreal. 17 Reach.

SOLUTION TOMORROW