Previous quick solution

Across: 1. Essentials 7. Erase 8. Crowded 10. Outmoded

11. Gems 13. Summit 15. Fiasco 17. Dusk 18. All at sea

21. Realist 22. Loose 23. Helplessly

Down: 1. Exact 2. Step on it 3. Nicked 4. Idol 5. Lodgers

6. Reconsider 9. Dislocated 12. Miracles 14. Mistake

16. Blithe 19. Story 20. Limp