CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Cake icing that will attract rats? (6)

4. American uncle takes on a student and will criticise him (4) 8. Peeling in two, we hear (6) 9. Took steps to get it sorted out (6)

11. I changed grips to succeed in this occupation (7,6)

13. Disease abates when Diana goes home? (5)

15. It will rise in the east at day’s end (5)

17. Hot skateboard was too difficult to handle (3-4,6)

20. An air of familiarity (6) 21. Lemongrass dropped Glen in the bog … (6)

22. … this was a different Glen? (4) 23. Sinew gets a 10, teacher … (6) Down 2. … if you are lucky (7) 3. Chord found half way round (5) 5. No sale of tea trolleys. It was a bit of a gamble (7)

6. Mario was a Pacific native (5) 7. All functions will cease in the mould … (3)

8. … and melting pots have no slot for colour (7)

10. Grants Oscar CD, perhaps (7) 12. Uncovers Huguenot at establishment which symbolises something (7)

14. A large number in this shoe could cause malicious gossip (7)

16. Reportedly where they treat diving bird and even that will prove difficult (7)

18. Looked at headless pig that was winning (5)

19. Like a particular closure so to speak (5)

20. I am coming back to the first gadget for some welding (3)

Yesterday

Across: 1. Cuff, 6. Raid, 8. Outdone, 9. Last, 10. Proteins, 11. Scrape, 13. Toecap, 14. Chilli, 16. Hockey, 17. Estonian, 18. Bold, 20. Lumbago, 21. Legs, 22. Kill.

Down: 2. Ulna, 3. Football pools, 4. Staple, 5. Cohort, 6. Reference book, 7. Inundate, 12. Cohesive, 15. Idioms, 16. Hangar, 19. Loll.