Daily Quick Crossword

4 March

Across

1 Ladybird, for example (6)
4 Sustain (6)
8 Pungent (5)
9 Liberal (anag.) (7)
10 Behind time for arrival (7)
11 Row of shrubs (5)
12 Highly confidential (3,6)
17 Release (3,2)
19 Hungarian red pepper (7)
21 Bubble raised on the skin (7)
22 Bare (5)
23 Sheen (6)
24 Roof beam (6)

Down

1 One after the other (2,1,3)
2 Excess (7)
3 Gave way (5)
5 Unlawful taker of game or fish (7)
6 Lubricated (5)
7 Intensify (6)
9 Apiarist (9)
13 Conspirator (7)
14 Small ornament (7)
15 Worldwide (6)
16 Prison officer (6)
18 Coin-tossing call (5)
20 Creature that eats bamboo shoots (5)