SIMPLE CLUES

ACROSS

1 Retain (4) 8 Make drunk (10) 9 Augment (8) 10 Modern Persia (4) 12 Sight (6) 14 Sleepy (6) 15 Coddle (6) 17 Puerile (6) 18 Nothing (4) 19 Funny man (8) 21 Stress (10) 22 Quarry (4)

DOWN

2 Free (10) 3 Jetty (4) 4 Reach (6) 5 Disburse (6) 6 Bitterness (8) 7 Sharp (4) 11 Help (10) 13 Better (8) 16 Repeat (6) 17 Lament (6) 18 Enthusiasm (4) 20 Profound (4)