Wordmasters2023 O.A.

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Across
  1. 2. persisting for a long time
  2. 5. a stock or store of money hidden
  3. 7. poke with object
  4. 9. going beyond an acceptable limit in degree or amount
  5. 11. spoken rather than written
  6. 12. become smaller fewer or less
  7. 14. intimating in dress appearance or mood
  8. 15. (of an amount) small or meager
  9. 16. (of vegetation) growing well very rich and providing great pleasure
  10. 19. a stingy person a pheasant of the Middle Ages
  11. 20. something lacking in quantity
  12. 21. a large sum of money
  13. 23. angle less than 90 degrees
Down
  1. 1. a small portion or amount
  2. 3. to deprive of strength richness or money
  3. 4. having or showing to act dishonestly for money
  4. 6. a man who gives lots of attention to appearance
  5. 8. a fresh water fish or to complain
  6. 10. A musical instrument rough triangular in shape
  7. 13. to deviate from a line direction or course
  8. 14. spending money freely
  9. 17. the rate of regular or graded ascent or descent
  10. 18. a long continuous humming a remotely controlled vehicle
  11. 22. to draw gain or otherwise persuade by means of flattery