Weekend crossword 23/03/13

This week’s puzzle...
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Mar 2013, 12:00 BST

ACROSS

1. Witticism (10)

7. Redden (5)

8. Confound (7)

10. Shy (8)

11. Measure (4)

13. In words (6)

15. Most certain (6)

17. Chief (4)

18. Keep (8)

21. Learned (7)

22. Deduce (5)

23. Plague (10)

DOWN

1. Teems (5)

2. Airy (8)

3. Transgressor (6)

4. Not any (4)

5. Allay (7)

6. Shorten (10)

9. True love (10)

12. Interrogate (8)

14. Hermit (7)

16. Trial (6)

19. Plunder (5)

20. Inventory (4)

Last week’s solution

Across: 1 Candle; 4 Result; 9 Afforestation; 10 Cortege; 11 After; 12 Rover; 14 Pearl; 18 Upset; 19 Refusal; 21 Premeditation; 22 Tested; 23 League.

Down: 1 Chance; 2 Nefariousness; 3 Large; 5 Emanate; 6 Uninteresting; 7 Tenure; 8 Askew; 13 Extreme; 15 Output; 16 Grain; 17 Plunge; 20 Frame.