CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1. A hundred odd bales cause quick communications (6)

4. Spoke coarsely, being affected by baleful invocations (6)

9. Not a female courtier queueing up! (4-2-7)

10. It’s clear I’ve received a setback by the depression (7)

11. Twist one short for this female! (5)

12. Darling girl to go on a journey before the end of the play! (5)

14. A reflection of one disorderly game (5)

18. Fish on the bed (5)

19. Duck under water (7)

21. Those who have converted to a new currency? (5,8)

22. You’ll need to make the pace here (6)

23. Foreign representative to take advice endlessly (6)

DOWN

1. He telephones a visitor (6)

2. The way in which one treats people who are lying (7,6)

3. Chosen from the Israelites (5)

5. Dress lacking variety (7) 6. Instructions that are carried out in the main (7,6) 7. Kept on one’s track, showing obstinate determination (6)

8. More than one diligent student packs up (5) 13. Document about nonprofessional held up in transit (7)

15. Uses a heavy foot to make impressions (6) 16. Dubious description of the hold of a drifter? (5) 17. Some of the thieves selling a ship (6)

20. A fellow to leave the chutney (5)