COMPACT CROSSWORD TWO

QUICK CLUES:

Across

1. Higher (5) 4. Fight (7) 8. Shorten (7) 9. Fetters (5) 10. Invalid (4) 11. Gift (8) 13. Ale (4) 14. Skim (4) 16. Repudiate (8) 17. Broad (4) 20. Brute (5) 21. Refined (7) 22. Step-like series (7) 23. Awe (5)

Down

1. Indomitable (13) 2. Danger (5) 3. Actual (4) 4. Unfledged (6) 5. Pest (8) 6. Feeling (7) 7. Impartial (13) 12. Refutation (8) 13. Under (7) 15. Sift (6) 18. Stupid (5) 19. Principal (4)