CROSSWORD CLUES

ACROSS

3 Whipping boy (9) 8 Cooker (4) 9 Busy thoroughfare (4,4) 10 Dental plate (6) 13 Draconian (5) 14 Propriety (7) 15 Distant (3) 16 Game of chance (7) 17 Move rhythmically to music (5) 21 Star sign (6) 22 Real or genuine (4,4) 23 Make woollens (4) 24 Small vegetable marrow (9)

DOWN

1 Shocking surprise (9) 2 Criticise unfairly (9) 4 Desert animal (5) 5 Indicator (7) 6 Lass (4) 7 Slightly open (4) 11 Of short duration (9) 12 Done at once (9) 14 Period of time (3) 15 Easily broken (7) 18 Representative (5) 19 Toy that goes up and down (2-2) 20 Couple (4)