Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Avow. 3 Purchase. 8 Vary. 9 Keenness. 11 Commensurate. 13 Centre. 14 Advice. 17 Construction. 20 Obedient. 21 Male. 22 Evenness. 23 Lens.

Down: 1 Advocacy. 2 Oarsman. 4 Uneasy. 5 Contradict. 6 Avert. 7 East. 10 Repression. 12 Meanness. 15 Imitate. 16 Drinks. 18 Obese. 19 Bole.