CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

7. Sounds like you could use one to measure it (5)

8. To be one you need teeth, Al (7) 9. Finish not so often eternally (7) 10. The horse says no! (5) 12. Vegetable I found in Kenyan bed surprisingly (6,4)

15. With a whimper Vi ousted her and wouldn’t let in (10)

18. Returned with a bargepole to run away with (5)

19. Say it is not going and chastise ... (4,3)

21. ... so to speak (7)

22. Hits out faithless and not true (5)

Down

1. A commanding mood (10) 2. Dusts off the house framing (5) 3. He has more than one – like us (4)

4. Offers a service wearing aprons around? (6)

5. Hunt okay? Cheers! (5,3) 6. Reg, myself and the rest of the troop went on a diet (7)

11. Belted around the ears while manacled? (10)

13. No male in Marseillaise – they all were from somewhere else (8)

14. Mark made from chart’s plot checker (7)

16. Mean to dent in (6)

17. Poor – like a sick cow? (5) 20. Raise 17 yards (4)

Yesterday

Across: 4. Redhead, 8. Ice-cap, 9. Attract, 10. Gambit, 11. Encase, 12. Space bar, 18. Curtains, 20. Debunk, 21. Freeze, 22. Air-cool, 23. Parrot, 24. Meeting.

Down: 1. Disgust, 2. Red meat, 3. Dative, 5. Either or, 6. Horace, 7. Accuse,

13. Back down, 14. Fine art, 15. Aspects, 16. Device, 17. Dulcet, 19. Turban.