SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS CROSSWORD

Across: 1 Play around; 7 Torch; 8 Distaff; 10 Leavened; 11 Palm; 13 Maples; 15 No-ball; 17 To-do; 18 Transept; 21 Salient; 22 Table; 23 Freeloader. Down: 1 Parma; 2 Athletes; 3 Addled; 4 Ouse; 5 Niagara; 6 Stalemates; 9 Family tree; 12 Connoted; 14 Peddler; 16 Grotto; 19 Ember; 20 Mere.