Quick crossword

No 16,017

Across

1 Communication mailed with

no envelope (8)

5 A or the? (4)

9 Rule (5)

10 Approval (2-5)

11 Stick tipped with iron (12) 13 Very much (4,2)

14 Winter hanger-on? (6)

17 Amoral (12)

20 Simulate (7)

21 Out and away (2,3)

22 Roué (4)

23 Supplement at the end of a

written work (8)

Down

1 Fringe benefit (abbr) (4)

2 Taking possession by force (7)

3 Two middle pages of a magazine

(6,6)

4 Well-built and rough-looking (6) 6 Eighth letter in the Greek

alphabet (5) 7 Adapted (8)

8 Controversial issue that’s the

talk of the town (5,7)

12 Odd (8)

15 Well pleased (informal) (7) 16 Financial support (6)

18 Simper (5)

19 Large African antelope with

long straight horns (4)