Crossword
Across
1. Bury (5)
4. Lower (7)
8. Great joy (7)
9. Pick-me-up (5)
10. Excuse (4)
11. Awful (8)
13. Stag (4)
14. Labyrinth (4)
16. Harshness (8)
17. Pain (4)
20. Canal boat (5)
21. Blow up (7)
22. Corrected (7)
23. Urge (5)
Down
1. Unutterable (13)
2. Commerce (5)
3. Destroy (4)
4. Peril (6)
5. Fatherly (8)
6. Exalt (7)
7. Reticence (13)
12. Help (8)
13. Varied (7)
15. Go to (6)
18. Arc (5)
19. Applaud (4)
Last week's solution
Across: Disintegrate; 7 Set up; 8 Fount; 9 Rue; 10 Unshackle; 11 Breach; 12 Strong; 15 Laminated; 17 Ash; 18 Tithe; 19 Image; 21 Transgressor.
Down: 1 Desirability; 2 Net; 3 Expose; 4 Refracted; 5 Truck; 6 Strengthener; 7 Scene; 10 Unconcern; 13 Orate; 14 String; 16 Motor; 20 Ale.