CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 1. Presently repeated sometimes (3,3,5)

8. Alice, Venus & Una were a necessary evil (8,5)

9. Mountain school? (4)

10. Differs in opinion when it comes to dessert wines without ewer (8)

12. Ryan is of this nationality (6)

13. Extra derrick held for merchant (6)

16. Stride in to dig up a body (8) 18. Bring up Zimbabwe psychedelic display when some has been kept back (4)

21. Ignore the regulations and retailed bunny, perhaps (4,1,5,3)

22. The man who was hard to catch? Well that was his story! (11) Down 1. Halfway round (5)

2. Mangle the phone caller, we hear (7)

3. This tide is low when it is high (4) 4. Circle is part of a circle with a twitch (6)

5. The consultative capacity of Roy Davis (8)

6. Material made from polyvinyl, once treated (5)

7. Sounds like the person who could ban the burner (6)

11. Anna Tim & I will look after the equipment (8)

12. Seated and put to sleep (6) 14. No cretins are president elect as this will make them rare (7)

15. The French will tell fibs about him (6)

17. A quiet mat? Indicate you don’t know (5)

19. Brandish sword – on a barrow, we hear (5)

20. The sound of hit on the head is back and is used for opener (4) Yesterday Across: 1, 13ac & 17dn. Take the bit between one’s teeth, 8. Unreel, 9. Debris, 11. Paddling pools, 18. Boarding house, 20. Roller, 22. Addict, 24. Bird of prey.

Down: 2. Abridge, 3. Eye, 4. Bye, 5. Torso, 6. Disuse, 7. Pumps, 10. Interns,

12. Pro, 14. Wed, 15. Elusive, 16. Aborts, 19. Ad lib, 21. Ear, 23. Dip.