ACROSS
- 1 Desire (8)
- 5 Fruitless (4)
- 9 Cable (4)
- 10 Suffering (8)
- 11 Obsession (5)
- 12 Wiseacre (4-3)
- 13 Malinger (5,8)
- 18 Cut off (8)
- 19 Platform (4)
- 20 Pair (7)
- 21 Precipice (5)
- 22 Cook (4)
- 23 Nevertheless (5,3)
DOWN
- 2 Personal (7)
- 3 Nightfall (7)
- 4 Rate low (5,6,2)
- 6 Mean (7)
- 7 Snuggles (7)
- 8 Operating (2,4)
- 13 Wild (7)
- 14 Beseech (7)
- 15 Idea (6)
- 16 Knotty (7)
- 17 Adroit (7)