Crossword

Today's puzzle...

Across

6. Nervy (7)

7. Vex (5)

9. Weep (3)

10. Lessen (9)

12. Pedantic (11)

15. Remonstrate (11)

17. Unsuccessful (9)

19. Snoop (3)

21. Savoury jelly (5)

22. Humanity (7)

Down

1. Passionate (5)

2. Consumed (3)

3. Courage (4)

4. Incense (9)

5. Platform (7)

8. Rejection (6)

11. Sweat-inducing (9)

13. Kine (6)

14. Say (7)

16. Madman (5)

18. Rule (4)

20. The heavens (3)

Last week's solution

Across: 1 Guard; 4 Rapture; 8 Attempt; 9 Short; 10 Darn; 11 Devotion; 13 Ship; 14 Seen; 16 Quantity; 17 Hide; 20 Edges; 21 Educate; 22 Torrent; 23 Press.

Down: 1 Grandiloquent; 2 After; 3 Damp; 4 Rather; 5 Pass over; 6 Utopian; 7 Extensiveness; 12 Distaste; 13 Stagger; 15 Street; 18 Irate; 19 Jump.