QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Cylindrical metal container (3,4)

5 Top cook (4) 10 Watchful, wide awake (5) 11 Gather in crops (7)

12 Bird of prey (7)

14 Public houses (4) 16 Recess in a room (6) 18 Pedestrian-crossing sign (6) 20 Southend’s famous jetty (4) 21 Continue (5,2) 24 Lethargy (7)

25 Make the sound of a cat (5) 27 Mountain valley (4) 28 Begin again (7)

DOWN

2 Freeze over (3) 3 Warn off (5) 4 Requiring great effort (6) 6 Furore (3,3,3) 7 Bazaar (4) 8 Footpath (7) 9 Discoloration (of skin) (6) 13 Blasphemy (9) 15 Anonymous (7) 17 Truthfulness (6) 19 Group of eight musical notes (6) 22 Forward (money) (5) 23 Royal ruler (4)

26 Ether (3)