QUICK CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Religious wayfarer (7) 5 Lazy (4) 7 Deciduous tree (3) 8 Disdainful rejection (5-3) 9 Scorch (5) 10 Of more than average height (4) 13 Facility (4) 14 Crushing defeat (4) 18 Identical (4) 19 Topic (5) 21 Soft-bodied beetle (4-4) 22 Suitable (3) 23 Intend (4) 24 Expertise (7) DOWN 1 Feeling of stressful urgency (8) 2 Reflecting or giving off light (8) 3 Eraser (6) 4 Climbs (6) 5 Breathe in (6) 6 Vacated (4) 11 Tear jaggedly (8) 12 Of late (8) 15 Island formerly called Formosa (6) 16 Mend one’s ways (6) 17 Close of play in cricket (6) 20 Run away (4)