10-MINUTE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Careless, unsystematic (6)

4 Advertising tune (6)

9 ___ Baba, panto character (3)

10 First stages (of a project) (5,4)

11 Disney deer film (5)

12 Spirits, beer etc (7)

14 Eg, as an example (3,8)

17 Vanilla ___, cake-making

ingredient (7)

18 Commerce (5)

20 Cheating spouse (9)

22 Lana ___ Rey, US singer (3)

23 Number needed for a cricket team (6) 24 Better than even chance in

betting (4-2)

DOWN

1 Threadbare, worn out (6)

2 Drug extracted from poppies (5)

3 Accuracy, exactness (9)

5 Common climbing plant (3)

6 Vividly descriptive (7)

7 Artist’s three-legged stand (5)

8 Full-bodied sweet fortified wine (5,6) 13 Hired, leased (9)

15 Little-known (7)

16 Capital of Germany (6)

17 Rub out (5)

19 South American mountains (5)

21 Dead heat (3)