10 MINUTE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bad behaviour (10) 6 Easily bent (6)

7 Irritates (5)

9 Garment (6) 10 Legendary bird (3) 11 Man-eating giant (4) 14 First man (4)

15 Before the present (3) 16 Hairstyle, informally (6) 17 Shining (5)

18 Dental plate (6) 20 Taking place (2,8)

DOWN

1 ... Gibson, actor (3)

2 Horse’s home (6)

3 Shoot better than (6) 4 Mournful songs (6) 5 American state (8) 6 Extensive unbroken view (8) 8 Eurasian maple tree (8)

9 A borough of New York (8) 12 Brief spell of rain (6)

13 Car part (6) 14 Recommendation (6) 19 Helium, for example (3)

Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Also-ran. 7 Earned. 8 Chariot. 9 Nous. 10 Pits. 12 Plummet. 14 Parasol. 16 Tsar. 18 Epee. 20 Unaware. 21 Jaguar. 22 Emerges.

Down: 1 Alcopop. 2 Start. 3 Rain. 4 Netball. 5 Transmit. 6 Deluxe. 11 Shameful. 12 Posture. 13 Targets. 15 Appeal. 17 Slang. 19 Fame.