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Across: 1. Wordlessly 7. Books 8. Grabbed 10. Lay waste 11. Area 13. Insect 15. En bloc 17. Near 18. Game plan 21. Erupted 22. Recur 23. Marginally.

Down: 1. Woody 2. Research 3. Lights 4. Seam 5. Liberal 6. Ebullience 9. Dead centre 12. Integral 14. Scapula 16. Pardon 19. Lucky 20. Stag.