CROSSWORD

Across

7 Kind of cement used to

coat exterior walls (6)

8 Of or relating to a foetus (6) 9 Clarified butter (4) 10 Equestrian sport (8) 11 Describing a rhythmic

beating (3-1-3)

13 Abstract (5)

15 Variable colour averaging

a deep pink (5)

17 Act as president (7)

20 Highly figured fabric woven (8) 21 Fix to; attach (4)

23 Nonparallel (6)

24 Chest especially for storing

valuables (6)

Down

1 Make an etching of (4) 2 Disease of the skin (6) 3 Genial (7)

4 Tender (5)

5 Temper (6)

6 Underworld organisations

(8)

12 Marooned (8)

14 Forecast (7) 16 Pronounce not guilty of

criminal charges (6) 18 Explode (3,3) 19 Spoon-shaped vessel

with a long handle (5) 22 A ball of yarn, cord or

thread (4)