CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. War memorial (8)

5. Fewer (4)

8. Ladder step (4)

9. Resolution (8)

10. Female stage performer (7)

12. Collapses (5)

15. Card game (5)

16. Stabbing blade attached to the muzzle of a rifle (7)

20. Wanting fair play (8)

21. Cicatrix (4)

22. Of sound mind (4)

23. Pledged (8)

DOWN: 26 June 2022

1. Pirate (7)

2. Group of nine singers (5)

3. Range of S. American mountains (5)

4. Horse for ordinary riding (4)

6. Newspaper bosses (7)

7. Chants (5)

11. Anaesthetic (5)

12. Lure (5)

13. Anonymous (7)

14. Soaked (7)

15. Pretends to be (5)

17. ----- French: English or British and French (5)

18. Canoodles (5)

19. Walk lamely (4)

Win a bottle of Gavi di Gavi – Palladino and Barbera d’Alba – Palladino, provided by Charles Grech Co Ltd, Valley Road, Birkirkara