QUICK CLUES

Across 1. Questionable tale (5,5) 7. Firearm (5) 8. Bristly growth (7) 10. African (8) 11. Impolite (4) 13. Of aromatic plants (6) 15. Caretaker (6) 17. Male sheep (4) 18. Repudiate (8) 21. Main female character (7) 22. Shelf (5) 23. Unenforced law (4,6) Down 1. Number (5) 2. Ghostlike (8) 3. Sycophant (3-3) 4. Therefore (4) 5. Spring back (7) 6. Protestant organisation (4,6) 9. Digit divisible by two (4,6) 12. Arthurian knight (8) 14. Regret (7) 16. Card game call (6) 19. Viper (5) 20. Sort (4)