QUICK CROSSWORD

Across 1. Humorous rhyme (8) 7. Ludicrous situation (5) 8. Staff (9)

9. Used to be (3)

10. Bucket (4)

11. Longs for (6) 13. Bothersome person (colloq) (4,2,3,4) 15. High-pitched cry (6) 16. Discover (4)

18. Knock lightly (3)

20. Hard to understand (9) 21. School group (5) 22. Trespasser (8) Down 1. Accept with pleasure (3,2) 2. Popular cocktail (7) 3. Mass violence (4) 4. Focus (13)

5. Boasts (5) 6. Frenzied, out of control (7) 7. Chatted up (7)

12. Notes from a meeting (7) 13. Guard (7)

14. Gave off (7)

15. Talk (5) 17. Furnishings (5) 19. Muslim ruler (4)