Solution to last week’s Crossword

ACROSS:

1. Subtract; 5. Jerk; 8 & 15. Find fault; 9. Aviation; 10. Oil lamp; 12. Gates; 15. See 8; 16. Twosome; 20. Elevated; 21. Etui; 22. Dots; 23. Barnacle.

DOWN:

1. Safrole; 2. Banal; 3. Alarm; 4. Trip; 6. Epistle; 7. Kings; 11. Alert; 12. Gecko; 13. Prudent; 14. Puerile; 15. Fiend; 17. Wider; 18. Optic; 19. Stab.