the guardian quick crossword-10905

Across

1 Powerful portable stereo

(6,7)

8 Perpendicular (7)

9 Good — noise (5)

10 Unwell (4)

11 US government

personification (5,3)

13 Day nursery (6)

14 Diminish (6)

17 Outside wall covering (8)

19 Platform (4)

21 Leaves out (5)

22 Breastbone (7)

24 Arrogant — pompous

(4,3,6)

Down

1 Wildebeest (3)

2 Otalgia (7)

3 Roman garment (4)

4 Science of plant life (6)

5 Exonerated (8)

6 Bundle of hay or straw (5)

7 Basics (9)

10 Penitential attire (9)

12 Former British colony in

central Africa (8)

15 Trusty — steadfast (7)

16 As new (6)

18 Imitating (5)

20 French military cap (4)

23 Hawthorn blossom (3)