Quick crossword no 12,955
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Across 12 Lake by which Chicago
1 Fairground feature (7,3) stands (8)
14 More sprightly (7)
7 Fruit of the briar (4,3)
16 Without charge (6)
8 Burn with hot liquid (5)
19 Garden pest (5)
10 Where the altar is usually 20 Festive occasion (4)
found in a church (4)
11 Incompetent and
ineffectual (8)
13 Plant — pulse (6)
15 Revenue (6)
17 Southernmost point of
South America (4,4)
18 Overtake (4)
21 Smart (5)
22 Hectare (anag) (7)
23 Terraced block of seats
commanding the best
view of a sporting event
(10) Solution no 12,954
A C C E L E R A T E
Down G A U E O P
1 Containers — lawsuits (5) F I L L E T E D S L A M
2 Pacific salmon (4) L I Z F C T
3 Planes (anag) — E L B A C A V A L R Y
somewhere in Italy (6) R S C O
O V E R T H E MO O N
4 Capital of Uzbekistan (8) B U D V
5 Dismissal, as from a job B E R MU D A H E R A
(5-2) R I I Z R D
6 Rastafarian hairstyle (10) B O L D O P E R A T O R
9 Place where medicines are N G U U W P
supplied (10) P E R S I S T E N T