Crossword
Across
1. Fire-raising (5)
4. Break up (7)
8. Achieve (4,3)
9. Division (5)
10. Ceremony (4)
11. Monotonous (8)
13. Require (4)
14. Standard (4)
16. Proclaim (8)
17. Beyond (4)
20. Deceiver (5)
21. Suspicion (7)
22. Azure (3-4)
23. Squeeze (5)
Down
1. Accessories (13)
2. Cleave (5)
3. Mid-day (4)
4. Protect (6)
5. Friendly (8)
6. Stupendous (7)
7. Drawbacks (13)
12. Refutation (8)
13. Convent (7)
15. Writer (6)
18. Originate (5)
19. Frisk (4)
Last week's solution
Across: 1 Predominated; 7 Set-up; 8 Adder; 9 Imp; 10 Senseless; 11 Slangy; 12 Belief; 15 Ineptness; 17 All; 18 Irate; 19 Adage; 21 Fearlessness.
Down: 1 Public spirit; 2 Out; 3 Impend; 4 Awareness; 5 Endue; 6 Trustfulness; 7 Sepia; 10 Sightseer; 13 Image; 14 Relate; 16 Evade; 20 Ass.