QUICK CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 An expert, informally (3,4)
5 __ Austen, novelist (4)
7 Illuminated (3)
8 Close-fitting lower garment (8)
9 Single-file dance (5)
10 Liquid food (4)
13 Cougar (4) 14 Chore (4)
18 Roof slab (4)
19 Not forbidden (5) 21 Sweet on a stick (8) 22 Spaceship
(abbr.) (3)
23 Coconut fibre (4) 24 Increases
threefold (7)
DOWN
1 Dainty (8) 2 Plant expert (8)
3 At sea (6)
4 Assimilate food (6) 5 Enlist (4,2)
6 Finds fault
continuously (4)
11 On time (8)
12 Guarded (8)
15 Murderer (6)
16 Kitchen item (6)
17 Pass by like time (6) 20 Fluctuate (2-2)
MONDAY’S SOLUTION (NO 9,416) – ACROSS: 1 Partridge. 6 Lee. 8 Plenum. 9 Duvet. 10 Ardour. 11 Sternum. 13 Busy bee. 16 Quaint. 18 Elude. 19 Inters. 21 Row. 22 Kidnapped. DOWN: 1 Pal. 2 Rondo. 3 Remorse. 4 Doodle. 5 Eleven. 7 Estimates. 8 Play by ear. 12 Tequila. 14 Squawk. 15 Brewed. 17 Act up. 20 Rid.