QUICK CLUES

Across

1. Irritation (4) 3. Stoop (4,4) 9. Bandaged (7) 10. Undress (5) 11. Expressions of sorrow (12) 13. Cricket team (6) 15. Supple (6) 17. Perplex (12) 20. Belonging to them (5) 21. Tapers (7) 22. Hospital inmates (8) 23. Fastener (4)

Down

1. Offended (8) 2. Pleasing feature (5) 4. Cause to be beloved (6) 5. Corrective (12) 6. Portico (7) 7. Mature (4) 8. Alter direction (6,6) 12. Accented (8) 14. Pressing (7) 16. Bird (6)

18. Up above (5) 19. Halt (4)