QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Conflagration (7) 7 Underground burial chambers (6) 8 Extreme greed (7) 9 Dog leash (4) 10 Throwing line in darts (4) 12 Flagrant (7) 14 Of or during the daytime (7) 16 Young salmon (4) 18 Indian dress (4) 20 Frozen spikes (7) 21 Move about restlessly (6)

22 Husbands or wives (7)

DOWN

1 Briefly (2,1,4) 2 Ostentatiously stylish or expensive (5) 3 Rapid surprise attack (4) 4 Including everything (7) 5 Punctuation mark (4,4) 6 Pour through a sieve (6) 11 Money worked for (8) 12 Brigands (7) 13 Pushes with force (7) 15 Slanting type (6) 17 Book of maps (5) 19 Code word for the letter K (4)

THURSDAY’S SOLUTION (NO 8,539) — ACROSS: 1 Cauliflower. 7 Taxi. 8 Blossom. 9 Too. 10 Spear. 11 Tendon. 13 Frosty. 16 Never. 18 Ace. 19 Tactics. 20 Roof. 21 Possessions. DOWN: 1 Chance. 2 United. 3 Inborn. 4 Loots. 5 Washers. 6 Remarry. 11 Tank top. 12 Novices. 13 Feasts. 14 Overdo. 15 Talons. 17 Rhine. SOLUTION TOMORROW