QUICK SOLUTION FOR THURSDAY, MAY 19

ACROSS: 1 Breed, 4 Disable, 8 Abstain, 9 Impel, 10 Even, 11 Stealing, 13 Tire, 14 Glum, 16 Standing, 17 Then, 20 Elude, 21 Operate, 22 Sweeten, 23 Treat.

DOWN: 1 Blamelessness, 2 Ensue, 3 Drab, 4 denote, 5 Suitable, 6 Baptism, 7 Enlightenment, 12 Gradient, 13 Traduce, 15 Inborn, 18 Heave, 19 Heat.