EASY CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1

Container for supermarket purchases (8,3)

9 Forceful

protest (13)

10 Fabric made from

fine goats’ hair (8) 12 Likelihood, as in

gambling (4)

14 Express

disapproval (5) 15 Popular garden plant with clustered blossoms (5)

19 Parrot‑fashion method of learning (4)

20 In the open (8)

22 Precautionary baggage search (8,5)

24 To do with

breathing (11) DOWN

2 Garment’s sewn

border (3)

3 Shadow cast during a partial eclipse (8)

4 Buries,

entombs (6)

5 Soccer target (4) 6 Boiled sweets with

a sour taste (4,5) 7 Ship destroyed

at sea (5)

8 Plant with liquorice‑ flavoured seeds (5)

11 Showy public display or

performance (9) 13 Alternative route of less distance (5,3) 16 Newly made or

obtained (5)

17 Roofer (6)

18 Spirit often drunk

with lime (5)

21 Hold

spellbound (4) 23 Location of the

cochlea (3)