THURSDAY’S SOLUTION

(No 8,850) — ACROSS: 1 Table tennis. 7 Or so. 8 Leading. 9 Pro. 10 Trout. 11 Tetchy. 13 Period. 16 Aspic. 18 Sea. 19 Florist. 20 Neat. 21 Chambermaid. DOWN: 1 Thrice. 2 Biopic. 3 Eulogy. 4 Enact. 5 Nairobi. 6 Sighted. 11 Traffic. 12 Tapioca. 13 Pastor. 14 Rwanda. 15 On hand. 17 Climb.

SOLUTION TOMORROW