QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

7 Expensive (6)

8 Strong protest (6)

9 Sent away as punishment (8) 10 Top of a car (4) 11 China’s continent (4) 12 Tense and under pressure (8) 14 Genetic history (8) 16 Uncle’s wife (4)

18 ___ up, explode (4) 20 Faithfulness (8)

22 Ability to see (6)

23 Lowly, degrading (6)

DOWN

1 Images in sleep (6)

2 Set in motion (8) 3 Legendary tale (4) 4 Ribbed cotton fabric (8) 5 Mix with a spoon (4) 6 Track cut into a record (6) 12 Hardens, becomes rigid (8) 13 Aircraft that can land on water (8) 15 Finger-shaped cake (6) 17 OK, but hardly great (3,3) 19 River dam (4) 21 Political protest (4)