ACROSS
- 1 Cartel (9)
- 8 Vast age (3)
- 9 Proviso (11)
- 11 Go before (7)
- 12 Jeer at (5)
- 13 Spring (6)
- 15 Ebb (6)
- 17 Praise (5)
- 18 Difficult (7)
- 20 Beatification (11)
- 22 Lubricate (3)
- 23 Trio (9)
DOWN
- 2 Nevertheless (3)
- 3 Harden (5)
- 4 Rouse (6)
- 5 Letter (7)
- 6 Daring (11)
- 7 Fatuousness (9)
- 10 Unfair (11)
- 11 Owner (9)
- 14 Gather (7)
- 16 Autocrat (6)
- 19 Elude (5)
- 21 Total (3)