Crossword

Across

1. Title given to a clergyman (8) 5. Arabian gulf (4) 8. Indian music (4) 9. Goes before (8) 10. Asian or African songbirds (7) 12. Pouches (5) 15. Seize (5) 16. Gulp down (7) 20. Was present at (8) 21. Copycat (4) 22. Puts a stop to (4) 23. Adds sugar to (8)

Down

1. Welsh rabbit (7) 2. Eve of a festival (5) 3. Ban (5) 4. Legal document (4) 6. Subtract (7) 7. Hideaways (5) 11. Dethrone (5) 12. Latin American dance (5) 13. Responded to a stimulus (7) 14. Milksops (7) 15. Serious (5) 17. Slice (5) 18. Failure (5) 19. Chances (4)