Quick crossword

No 15,933

Across

1 Skewer for party food (8,5) 8 Fruit-growing area (7) 9 Silent and out of sight (5)

10 ___ Dunn, author of Up the Junction (1963) (4) 11 Fragile exterior (not to be walked on!) (8)

13 Follow secretly (6) 14 Pointless – ineffective (2,4) 17 Tree-related (8) 19 Present (4) 21 Cultivated (5)

22 Sell illegally produced products (7)

24 It’s the story of my life! (13)

Down

1 Speak lovingly (3)

2 Virgin martyr, patron saint of music, killed c.AD 230 (7) 3 Species of duck (4)

4 Blue dye (6)

5 Not the main event (8) 6 (Fire)place (5)

7 Information (9)

10 Lost again (anag) – hankering for the past (9)

12 Opener – Dr No book (anag) (8) 15 Coincide to some extent (7) 16 Hollow-stemmed tropical grass (6) 18 (Encourage)ment (5) 20 Serve a drink (4)

23 Rope used to secure a tent (3)