COMPACT CROSSWORD

ACROSS 7 Delight (6) 8 Drawing near (6) 9 A strolling minstrel (4) 10 Chinks (8) 11 Designate (6) 12 Well off (coll) (6) 14 A folk song (6) 17 An underground chamber (6) 19 Large region of eastern Canada (8) 21 Indifferent (4) 22 Particular (6) 23 An easy catch (6)

DOWN 1 Acquits (6) 2 A large baboon (8) 3 A church officer (6) 4 Scribble (6) 5 Portent (4) 6 An extension (6) 13 Recommend (8) 15 A chaplet (6) 16 A pushover (coll) (6) 17 Italian tenor (1873-1921) (6) 18 Ran amok (6) 20 Ramble (4)