Previous quick solution
Across: 1. Showdown 7. Cured 8. Playfully 9. Goo
10. Acid 11. Aphids 13. Magnification 15. Adapts 16. As if
18. Nag 20. Obnoxious 21. Sinew 22. Assented
Down: 1. Sepia 2. Orating 3. Defy 4. Wall paintings
5. Dregs 6. Adjourn 7. Cynical 12. Disavow 13. Madness
14. In short 15. Agony 17. Fused 19. Axle