QUICK PUZZLE

Across

1 Crazy (3,4,4)

9 Apparent (7)

10 Ransack (5)

11 Operating gently (4)

12 Abrupt dismissal (5-3) 14 Useless (2-4)

16 A two-section glove (6) 18 Self-centred (8)

19 Fraudulent operation (4) 22 Healthy (5)

23 A professional judgment (7)

24 Generous nature (5,2,4)

Down

2 Ending in disaster (5)

3 Elliptical (4)

4 To last (6)

5 Deprivation (8)

6 Insult (7)

7 Shrewd general judgment (6,5)

8 Think unanimously

(2,2,3,4)

13 Examine merits of (8) 15 A drop (7)

17 Long loose Japanese robe (6)

20 Sensation of cold (5) 21 Circus enclosure (4)