QUICK CROSSWORD

Answers next week. ACROSS

1 Automatic reponse (6) 4 Prepare to move house (4,2) 9 Big horse race (5,8) 10 Actress Julia – – – (7) 11 Sluggish stream (5) 12 Actor – – – Willis (5) 14 Hunk (2-3) 18 Furious (5) 19 US state (7) 21 Degeneration, getting worse (13) 22 Wirelesses (6) 23 Fungus (6)

DOWN

1 Look at (6) 2 Astonished (13) 3 Wise man (5) 5 Cordial (7) 6 Scottish footballing legend (5,8) 7 Crash (4-2) 8 Severe (5) 13 Goodbye, informal (7) 15 Obstruct (6) 16 Ice-house (5) 17 Explosive weapon of war (6) 20 African animal, smaller than a giraffe (5)