QUICK CLUES

Across 1. Bottommost (6) 4. Chest (6) 9. Performed in vain (3,3,7) 10. Colonist (7) 11. Take place (5) 12. Tribunal (5) 14. Signified (5) 18. Power (5) 19. Reproduction (7) 21. To an extent (5,1,7) 22. Decline (6)

23. Less fatty (6) Down 1. Communicate (6) 2. Respected (4,7,2) 3. Mar (5) 5. Consequence (7) 6. Reasonable state (4,9) 7. Concern (6) 8. Admission (5) 13. Witty replies (7) 15. Weaken (6) 16. Skill (5) 17. Placard (6) 20. Sandwich filling (5)