CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1. Bully to sit out is unhappy (6) having

4. Join two singles (6)

9. Dogmatic approach

of idiot to odd inverse

set (13)

10. Maim with many a

surface movement (7)

11. A flower emerged (5)

12. Certainly lacking energy

and morose (5)

14. Put the squeeze on

journalists? (5)

18. Sketched on equal

terms? (5)

19. Quick retort of libertine

with broken toes (7)

21. Vain image unit is

dull (13)

22. Delicate proposal (6)

23. By which an actor

progresses? (6)

Down

1. Does it help to remain stiff-necked? (6) 2. Deformity shown by numbers? (13)

3. Bits picked up to make a belt (5)

5. Frank manner outside (4-3) 6. Apparently prior ownership is attractive (13)

7. Use end that followed (6)

8. Paid musician? (5) 13. Ancestry revealed in the length of the dynasty (7) 15. Regulate so as to be barely in the Christian era? (6)

16. Drill one's entourage? (5) 17. Cuts, always in a ship (6)

20. Design tip-top machinery (5)