CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Plans to study outstanding features of ecclesiastical architecture (9) 8 Nothing but an endless river (3) 9 Surely not an orchestra playing at full stretch! (7,4) 11 Decoration made of stone (7)

12 Corner view (5)

13 Some of the children Americans call by a different title (6) 15 This clue is a

tantalising one (6) 17 It’s all part of

the act (5)

18 This determines a

skirt length (7) 20 It’s not shown by the patient, but it could be nice to learn (11)

22 Pronoun used about “The Man of Property” (3)

23 Puts someone else in the shade? (9)

DOWN

2 It’s well produced (3) 3 The Spanish Court? (5) 4 About money of comparatively modern times (6) 5 Main road (3,4) 6 The complaint of one who has the wrong fare, maybe (11) But it doesn’t provide timber for aircraft (5,4)

10 Not a practice which present workers indulge in (11) 11 Consideration of likely prospects will improve one’s aim (9)

14 The great man arranges some art (7)

16 Hold a conversation around the French hut (6)

19 Make military progress for certain time each year (5)

21 Tip a line of waiters, we hear (3)