SIMPLE CLUES
ACROSS
1 Weal (4) 3 Soak (8) 9 Lockjaw (7) 10 Holy book (5) 11 Distinguish (12) 13 Excluding (6) 15 Starry (6) 17 Compelling (12) 20 Lift (5) 21 Tract (7) 22 Meeting (8) 23 Differ (4)
DOWN
1 Backed out (8) 2 Flower (5) 4 Suppose (6) 5 Town expansion (12) 6 Referee (7) 7 Pitcher (4) 8 Business person (12) 12 Volubly (8) 14 Screen (7) 16 Cloud (6)
18 Light wood (5) 19 Fashionable (4)