Crossword
Across
1. Distress (5)
4. Weakling (7)
8. Call to account (7)
9. Cherish (5)
10. Cloak (4)
11. Soak (8)
13. Unusual (4)
14. Giant (4)
16. Relationship (8)
17. Morose (4)
20. Unsuitable (5)
21. Forsake (7)
22. Oubliette (7)
23. Surrender (5)
Down
1. Alone (13)
2. Fragment (5)
3. Clip (4)
4. Servile (6)
5. Tongue (8)
6. Striped (7)
7. Foregone (13)
12. Dark-haired woman (8)
13. Chorus (7)
15. Reach (6)
18. Shelf (5)
19. Cautious (4)
Last week's solution
Across: 1 Prerequisite; 7 Allow; 8 Crumb; 9 Ego; 10 Merriment; 11 Tenure; 12 Meagre; 15 Multitude; 17 Ice; 18 Nurse; 19 Tacky; 21 Parsimonious.
Down: 1 Presentiment; 2 Eel; 3 Unwary; 4 Sacrilege; 5 Truce; 6 Obstreperous; 7 Adorn; 10 Merciless; 13 Grimy; 14 Custom; 16 Larva; 20 Can.