QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS 7. Faction (8,5) 8. Exhausted (colloq) (3-5) 9. Opinion (4) 10. Excluded (6) 12. Middle (6) 14. Consume (3) 15. Chain (6) 17. Posture (6) 19. Impulse (4) 21. Greeting (8) 23. Inexplicable (13) DOWN 1. Modern (2-2-4) 2. Winner (6) 3. Agitate (4) 4. Foretells (8) 5. Strongly motivated (6) 6. Dice (4) 11. Scorn (8) 13. Latterly (8) 16. Ditch (6) 18. Real (6) 20. Pealed (4) 22. Extended (4)