CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

7. It is a big “X” (6)

8. You have a look, reportedly, at this country (6)

9. Are they a type of gull flying backwards? (4)

10. Have a go at Dwight for being stingy (8)

11. Jumpers for cows? (7)

13. Roll a cover in germanium (5) 15. Follow up, like the player does with the stage (3,2)

17. Support cushion (7) 20. Unmistakable and neat (5-3) 21. Pasty with death’s-head patches (4)

22. Grasp rainbow trout and get a bit of a wrench (6)

23. Admirers hired applauders (6)

Down

1. Actor got out of the crematorium having been shut in (6) 2. Snake’s feathers? (4)

3. No moron is heteronymous when having a sleep (4-3)

4. Nora left the lounge bar with a lump (5)

5. Shell is sunlit without gold (8) 6. The first name of Dr. Wade? (6)

12. Bob will drag to somewhere else, the freeloader (8)

14. Found cop trio in the porch (7) 16. The Italian chap was an Islamic leader (6)

18. Make fair the result of 2, 4 or 6 showing on the dice (4,2)

19. By the sound of it, I chant for the topping (5)

21. Repeatedly get some fuel (4)

Yesterday

Across: 1. Out of whack, 7. Jetsam, 8. Travel, 10. Compass points, 13. Bides, 15. Dinar, 17. Northeasterly, 19. Zenith, 21. Archer, 23. Espadrille.

Down: 2. Untamed, 3. Ova, 4. Air, 5. Kevin, 6. Gel, 7. Jacobin, 9. Ashtray, 11. Odd, 12. Strayer, 14. Soh, 16. Narwhal, 18. Rinse, 19. Zoe, 20. Tip, 22. RSI.