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Across

1. Moist (5) 4. Pasta dish (7) 8. Edible leafstalks (7) 9. Quoted (5) 10. Article (4) 11. Infirm (8) 13. Observed (4) 14. A long time, commonly (4) 16. Cutlery item (8) 17. Cab (4) 20. Large black bird (5) 21. American state (7) 22. Diminishes (7) 23. Root vegetable (5)

Down

1. Of garden cultivation (13) 2. Small rodent (5) 3. Expensive (4) 4. Eraser (6) 5. Churchman’s residence (8) 6. Sea creature (7) 7. Inconclusive (13) 12. Answer (8) 13. Deprives of food (7) 15. Tract of swampy land (6) 18. Saying (5) 19. Church service (4)