QUICK CLUES:

Across

1. Scorn (8)

5. Slave (4)

9. Sad to say! (4)

10. Shorten (8)

11. Evenly balanced (5)

12. Copy (7)

13. Imperfection (13)

18. Rite (8)

19. Whirlpool (4)

20. Beginning (7)

21. Tender (5)

22. Always (4)

23. Monocle (8)

Down

2. Indirect (7)

3. Leaving a will (7)

4. Temporarily (13)

6. Arise (7)

7. Suitability (7)

8. Contention (6)

13. Refuse (7)

14. Stealthy (7)

15. Perpetrate (6)

16. Requisite (7)

17. Sorrow (7)