Saturday, 05-Nov-22

ACROSS

1. Cipher (4) 3. Speed up (8) 8. Host (4) 9. Tyrant (8) 11. Supervision (12) 13. Spasmodic (6) 14. Join (6) 17. Incredible (12) 20. Mean (8) 21. Boss (4) 22. Plea (8) 23. Poke (4)

DOWN

1. Categorise (8) 2. Fault (7) 4. Protect (6) 5. Inviting (10) 6. Loft (5) 7. Merit (4) 10. Recover (10) 12. Minced (8) 15. Referee (7) 16. Flower (6) 18. Darkness (5)

19. Competent (4)