QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Cartoon Gaul (7) 7 Policeman (5) 9 See 2 Down 10 Damage (9) 12 Insistent, strong attempt at persuasion (11) 15 Plant with an edible head (11) 17 Dots and dashes (5,4) 19 and 13 Down Ricky Gervais comedy (3,6) 21 Devil (5) 22 Gain (7)

DOWN

1 Academy Award (5) 2 and 9 Across It incites a bull (3,3) 3 Vermin (4) 4 Administrative body (9) 5 Exuberance (7) 8 Cave (6) 11 Deliberate act of omission (9) 13 See 19 Across 14 Blade attached to a rifle (7) 16 and 20 Quicker route (5,3) 18 Pack of cards (4) 20 See 16

Answers next week. Due to a production error, the final clue of last week’s Quick Crossword did not print. The clue and answer were: 21 Mixture of flour and fat cooked together (4) ROUX