Last week’s answers

CRypTIC SOLuTIONS Across: 7 Operas; 8 Boring; 10 Fall out; 11 Pause; 12 Rock; 13 Slyly; 17 Yearn; 18 Clue; 22 Alias; 23 Outlast; 24 Endive; 25 Screen. Down: 1 Confirm; 2 Wedlock; 3 Major; 4 Compile; 5 Tie-up; 6 Agree; 9 Stillroom; 14 Pensive; 15 Cleaver; 16 Destiny; 19 Paled; 20 Hindu; 21 Stock. QuICK SOLuTIONS Across: 7 Trader; 8 Morose; 10 Pensive; 11 Range; 12 Nigh; 13 Cargo; 17 Hotel; 18 Grow; 22 Right; 23 Cleaver; 24 Twitch; 25 Snatch. Down: 1 Stipend; 2 Carnage; 3 Peril; 4 Courage; 5 Mount; 6 Sever; 9 Decadence; 14 Contact; 15 Private; 16 Swarthy; 19 Wrath; 20 Again; 21 Being.