1 across. Activity centre? 4 letters.
3 across. Cleaned up. 8 letters.
8 across. Change direction. 4 letters.
9 across. Disparage. 8 letters.
11 across. Contrite. 10 letters.
14 across. One has an independent existence. 6 letters.
15 across. Prickly pear, perhaps. 6 letters.
17 across. In-person. 4-2-4 letters.
20 across. Allay concerns (of). 8 letters.
21 across. Cut. 4 letters.
22 across. Sweet – circular window. 5-3 letters.
23 across. Bank’s counterpart in the Scottish countryside. 4 letters.