QUICK CROSSWORD No. 9260

ACROSS

3. Ski slope (5)

8. Nobleman (5)

10. Employs for wages (5)

11. Swindle, defraud (3)

12. Surrendered (5)

13. Small amount (7)

15. Clemency, pity (5)

18. Craze (3)

19. Scold harshly (6)

21. Interferes (7)

22. Partially open (4)

23. Policemen, slang (4)

24. Person with experience (7)

26. Musical dramas (6)

29. Distant (3)

31. Artist’s stand (5)

32. Destroy completely (4,3)

34. Flier (5)

35. Amusement (3)

36. Heaps (5)

37. Regal (5)

38. Unauthorised disclosures (5)

DOWN

1. Meat from a pig (5)

2. Cone-bearing tree (7)

4. Article (4)

5. Topics (6)

6. Sea duck (5)

7. Respond (5)

9. Thin stick (3)

12. Embraces, hugs (7)

14. Bounder (3)

16. Inert gas (5)

17. Fermenting agent (5)

19. Advantage (7)

20. Light narrow boat (5)

21. Friends (5)

23. Cautious (7)

24. Travelling case (6)

25. Knock (3)

27. Paved garden area (5)

28. Ward off (5)

30. Of the moon (5)

32. Operate properly (4)

33. Belonging to us (3)