QUICK CLUES:

Across

1. Odd (8)

5. Just (4)

9. Bill of fare (4)

10. Seemed (8)

11. Less (5)

12. Entangle (7)

13. Sympathy (6-7)

18. Completely (8)

19. Large town (4)

20. Disorder (7)

21. Rebuffs (5)

22. Unintelligent (4)

23. Critic (8)

Down

2. Hermit (7)

3. Strange (7)

4. Cherished thing (5,2,3,3)

6. Deductively (1,6)

7. Danger signal (3,4)

8. Weak (6)

13. Inundated (7)

14. To the letter (7)

15. East (6)

16. A permit (7)

17. Memorable (7)