Crossword

Today...

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.