Crossword

This week's grid
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Jan 2011, 11:00 BST
Updated 29th Jan 2011, 11:01 BST

Across

1. Protect (5)

4. Bliss (7)

8. Try (7)

9. Brief (5)

10. Mend (4)

11. Piety (8)

13. Vessel (4)

14. Observed (4)

16. Amount (8)

17. Conceal (4)

20. Borders (5)

21. Train (7)

22. Flood (7)

23. Newspapers (5)

Down

1. Pompous (13)

2. Following (5)

3. Moist (4)

4. Preferably (6)

5. Disregard (4,4)

6. Ideal (7)

7. Wide spread (13)

12. Aversion (8)

13. Reel (7)

15. Road (6)

18. Angry (5)

19. Leap (4)

Last week's solution

Across: 1 Stark; 4 Striped; 8 Erected; 9 Cross; 10 Pity; 11 Devotion; 13 Veer; 14 Very; 16 Backbone; 17 Edge; 20 Agora; 21 Overdue; 22 Dissent; 23 Treat.

Down: 1 Sweep the board; 2 Avert; 3 Kite; 4 Sudden; 5 Reckoner; 6 Probity; 7 Disengagement; 12 Membrane; 13 Vacuous; 15 Inmost; 18 Dodge; 19 Feat.