COMPACT CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Of second period of Mesozoic era (8) 5 Recreational ground (4) 9 Musical form (5) 10 Struggled (7) 11 Vivid colour (8,4) 13 MEP (4,2) 14 Powerless (6) 17 Vivid colour (8,4) 20 A permit (7) 21 Salver (5) 22 Go (4) 23 Words of encouragement (4,4)

DOWN 1 Instant (colloq) (4) 2 Customary (7) 3 Oratory (12) 4 Introduce (6) 6 Iron block (5) 7 Rice dish (8) 8 Translucent sheets (7,5) 12 Short poem (8) 15 Adhesive plaster (7) 16 Extension (6) 18 Befall (5) 19 Ale (4)