

ACROSS
1 Brawl (4-3-3)
7 With upper limbs interlocked (3-2-3)
8 Authorise (4)
9 Dirty mark (5)
10 Aerial (7)
12 Provoking fear (5-8)
15 Thrust forward (7)
17 Below (5)
20 Heather (4)
21 Attacked (8)
22 On one’s feet (8,2)
DOWN
1 Earliest (5)
2 Printed version (7)
3 Fluster (4)
4 Sentimental (8)
5 Vague (5)
6 Heavy gun (6)
11 Inca raid (anag) (4,4)
13 Open to all (6)
14 Making a loan (7)
16 Correct (5)
18 Consider sexual attractiveness (3,2)
19 Italian wine (4)
Tuesday’s solution
Across: 8 Oaf, 9 Gratitude, 10 Thorn, 11 Falters, 12 Verlaine, 14 Darn, 15 Bulk, 16 Strimmer, 20 Supremo, 21 Trout, 23 Colosseum, 24 Off.
Down: 1 Rostov, 2 Afro, 3 Uganda, 4 Malfunctioned, 5 Sidle, 6 Lukewarm, 7 Nelson, 13 Roly-poly, 15 Bisect, 17 In time, 18 Ratify, 19 Dense, 22 Oboe.