Compact crossword

Saturday's puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 28th May 2011, 17:23 BST
Updated 28th May 2011, 17:26 BST

Across

1. Cringe (5)

4. Evolve (7)

8. Lascivious (7)

9. Send (5)

10. Frank (4)

11. Supplication (8)

13. Cure (4)

14. Throe (4)

16. Quarrel (8)

17. Harvest (4)

20. Angry (5)

21. Tooth (7)

22. Humility (7)

23. Watery (5)

Down

1. Idiom (13)

2. Squander (5)

3. Gap (4)

4. Sweet (6)

5. Upright (8)

6. Hobbling (7)

7. Endanger (3,2,8)

12. Safe (8)

13. Gaunt (7)

15. Being (6)

18. Gum (5)

19. Blemish (4)

Last week's solution

Across 1. Peacefulness; 7 Chair; 8 Grain; 9 Hue; 10 Dalliance; 11 Menace; 12 Depart; 15 Uppermost; 17 Hug; 18 Least; 19 Often; 21 Sharpshooter.

Down 1. Posthumously; 2 Era; 3 Unruly; 4 Negligent; 5 Stain; 6 Investigator; 7 Clean; 10 Decorator; 13 Ashen; 14 Joyous; 16 Peach; 20 Too.