CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

7. Vehicle in which to carry the cat? (6)

8. Together they went to varsity, Edward (6)

9. A way through for the quiet donkey (4)

10. A fight at the wedding? Strike a light! (8)

11. Needs to be opened to get into the dock, pal (7)

13. What workers could be dealt (5) 15. Hints put forward from nationwide assignments (5) 17. 1853.25 metres mainly (3,4) 20. Painter’s brush mark found in the running engine (8)

21. Noisy hairstyle (4)

22. Steal a march without Clara on the river (6)

23. Mongolian tooth problem (6)

Down

1. Calcium salt attorney found in the country (6)

2. Time, we hear, belongs to us (4) 3. The face of a not very happy sports star? (7)

4. Leaves on equal terms (5) 5. Breeding in the main? (4-4) 6. Bye Don, it’s all to far away (6)

12. How long it takes to order the main guitarist? (4,4)

14. Envy set of this age (7)

16. No CIA cadetship found in the ocean (6)

18. Neil & Al were direct descendants (6)

19. Go to the southeast with a duck and get another bird (5)

21. Destined to be (4)