QUICK CLUES:

Across

1. Duffer (9) 8. Devour (3) 9. Date (11)

11. Utter (7)

12. Claw (5)

13. Cows (6)

15. Staid (6)

17. Brief (5)

18. Criminal (7) 20. Legacy (11) 22. Forefront (3) 23. Cash-keeper (9)

Down

2. Interval (3) 3. Uplift (5)

4. Affair (6)

5. Encase (7) 6. Reprisal (11) 7. Rigorous (9) 10. Entreating (11) 11. Immoderate (9) 14. Shoe fastening (7) 16. Uncommon (6) 19. Memoranda (5) 21. Hint (3)