QUICK CLUES:

Across

1. Search (4) 3. Define (8) 9. Implicate (7)

10. At no time (5)

11. Compelling (12)

13. Take in (6)

15. Minute animal (6) 17. Extraordinary (12) 20. Hen cry (5)

21. Decay (7)

22. Wholeness (8)

23. Leg-joint (4)

Down

1. Particular (8) 2. Glowing coal (5) 4. Enrol (6) 5. Endorsement (12) 6. Entail (7)

7. Merit (4) 8. Burglar (5-7)

12. Phraseology (8) 14. Posy (7)

16. Insert (6)

18. Rule (5)

19. Pain (4)