CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. No tick with locum for Island product (7,4)

8. Used to remove feathers in the bedroom? (8-5)

9. Fire alarm is partly genuine (4)

10. Anteater that can nip along, perhaps (8)

12. Listen! Not a sound to be heard

(6)

13. First refusal verified with platter (6) 16. A doubter could be unyielding (8) 18. Martinique is not a minute from here (4)

21. Clear cut – like most local newspapers (5,3,5)

22. Mundane flat. It was basic (11)

Down

1. It is a tree found in France, darling (5)

2. It gets stick on the table and it is thrown at actor who has forgotten lines? (3,4)

3. Bridge player gets a ring, but quiet about food (4)

4. Kicked around and needs an opening initially (3-3) 5. Relating to necessary part (8) 6. Unlikable, Neil leaves for the capital (5)

7. Sounds like the singer is only worth a few quid (6)

11. Should not be fixed! (8) 12. An upturned nose is stylish from the south down (6)

14. TV cried out for trial result (7) 15. Father Christmas has a short sleep in part of the poem ... (6)

17. ... and tears out afterwards for little person (5)

19. Put out the fire in Albuquerque, Lloyd (5)

20. Go-between was a bit cute (4)