CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

2. Go and get the ghost of somebody still with us (5)

5. He makes a noble fist of it (4)

7. To be accustomed to something second-hand (4)

8. Carrying a load, might go under when in bed (8)

9. Architectural feature of Mint, deep in trouble (8)

11. Lose colour in Florida and Delaware (4)

12. Feeling of pleasure if turning into a tragic form of it (13)

15. Sound angry when prices rise like this (4)

17. Omit pile that’s made by being rude (8)

19. If focal, one may be issued by authority (8)

21. Whistled if one sounded depressed (4)

22. Let go of a small amount of liquor (4)

23. Gluttony of King George need not have started (5)

DOWN

1. Wrongly understand the words, her aims being different (7)

2. A passing enthusiasm will not quite 11 Across (3)

3. List of numerical information on Pembroke (5)

4. He hasn’t the conventional view of cheer, it might appear (7)

5. Ought to be paid what one has a right to (3)

6. Work at making dough out of necessity, one is told (5)

10. The season has not begun to put one in the ground (5)

11. A flat to be made over may be the death of one (5)

13. One is not making it, due to weakness (7)

14. Being active, it’s when one starts the race (2,3,2)

16. The first advance to lay before one (5)

18. The measured beat of a bean plant (5)

20. One politician who’s a bit of a devil (3)

21. Visible rudiment of a limb not yet in flower (3)