Quick crossword

ACROSS

1. Inexpensive (5)

6. Very short time,

informally (5)

9. Swindle (7)

10. Harsh, severe (5) 11. Lay down as

principle (5)

12. Polite, courteous (5) 13. Flourish of trumpets (7) 15. Tasselled cap (3) 17. Single entity (4)

18. Ten years (6)

19. Willow (5)

20. Moral principles (6) 22. Beloved (4)

24. Chronic drunkard (3) 25. African country (7) 26. Pugilist (5)

27. Seize wrongfully (5) 28. To ape (5)

29. Public sale (7)

30. Horse controls (5) 31. Broom of twigs (5)

DOWN

2. Hired assassin,

informally (3,3)

3. Off course, informally (6) 4. Female swan (3)

5. Mr Els, golfer (5) 6. Planet (7)

7. Object of worship (4) 8. Baffled, frustrated (6) 12. Angry (5)

13. Merges (5)

14. Period of darkness (5) 15. Loses colour (5)

16. Striped animal (5)

18. Object (5)

19. Sea creature (7)

21. Ruffle, disarrange (6) 22. Godlike (6)

23. System of self

defence (6)

25. Molars, for example (5) 26. Grain husks (4)

28. Angry crowd (3)