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ACROSS

1. Heap (4)

3. Denuded (8)

9. Water-powered engine (7)

10. Show to be true (5)

11. Correspondingly (12)

13. Suggest (6)

15. Persistent feeling of ill will (6)

17. Pompous, boring person (colloq) (7,5)

20. Legal defence (5)

21. Overcharged (colloq) (7)

22. People made to take the blame (4,4)

23. Salver (4)

DOWN

1. Fatherly (8)

2. Tempts (5)

4. A score (6)

5. Destitute (12)

6. Moved stealthily (7)

7. Expired (4)

8. Varying (12)

12. Angrily (8)

14. Acidic verbal abuse (7)

16. Bell tower (6)

18. Bring upon oneself (5)

19. Semicircle (4)