QUICK CROSSWORD

9,242

ACROSS

1 Ruthless (3-6) 6 Female bird (3) 8 Very nearly (6) 9 Tempest (5) 10 Not released (4-2) 11 Shape with eight sides (7) 13 Province of Canada (7) 16 Lithe and flexible (6) 18 Derision (5) 19 Strikes heavily and often (6) 21 Garland of flowers (3) 22 Reach adult status (4,2,3)

DOWN

1 Mountain pass (3) 2 Fish type (5) 3 Popular place of entertainment (7) 4 Compensate for (6) 5 Crowd of people (6) 7 Cite people so as

to blame (4,5) 8 Assessment (9) 12 Type of West

Indian music (7) 14 Film type (6) 15 Kidnapper’s

demand (6) 17 An aqualung (5)