THE QUICKIE

ACROSS

1 Spend the night outside (5,5) 6 Acquire (6)

7 Large group of bees (5) 9 Video cassette recorder function (6)

10 Break up the earth with a spade (3)

11 Biblical murder victim (4) 14 Posh sport (4)

15 Single number (3) 16 Spearfish (6)

17 Traditional saying (5)

18 ... Redman, actress (6) 20 Division of a large organisation (10)

DOWN

1 Weep with convulsive gasps (3)

2 Tooth covering (6)

3 An expert (6)

4 Not offside in football (6) 5 Male relative (8)

6 American state (8)

8 Tree or shrub with showy flowers (8)

9 Demote (8)

12 Single-cell organism (6) 13 One who skips school (6) 14 Corsair (6)

19 Small round mark (3)