Across
- 7. Capital, but not the loudest (6)
- 9. Colour fades, predator whispers (4,9)
- 10. Bedroom pop, heartbreak spelt softly (6,6)
Down
- 1. End of warmth (6)
- 2. Champagne dreams denied (6)
- 3. Not the first choice (8)
- 4. Castle, French — but rented (7)
- 5. Evening, stripped of tomorrow (7)
- 6. Defiance in two words (5)
- 8. Royal title, dropped (5)