Quick Crossword

ACROSS

1. Food on a skewer (5)

6. Fast (5)

9. South American country (7)

10. Lariat (5)

11. Skinflint (5)

12. Nun’s costume (5)

13. Afraid (7)

15. Spanish cry (3)

17. Parched with heat (4)

18. Flag (6)

19. Writing material (5)

20. Eight pints (6)

22. Extinct bird (4)

24. Observe (3)

25. Coach (7)

26. Eerie (5)

27. Imitate (5)

28. Defeats (5)

29. Be deceived by (4,3)

30. A nation’s warships (5)

31. Circular coral reef (5)

DOWN

2. Pencil rubber (6)

3. Ludicrous (6)

4. Expression of disapproval (3)

5. Ultimate (5)

6. Like, resembling (7)

7. Hang on (4)

8. Frail (6)

12. A person (5)

13. Pointed teeth (5)

14. Gangway (5)

15. Edible bulb (5)

16. Mistake (5)

18. Facial hair (5)

19. Weasel-like mammal (7)

21. Antenna (6)

22. Turn aside (6)

23. Of the teeth (6)

25. Cave-dwelling dwarf (5)

26. Spouse (4)

28. Snake (3)