CRYPTIC CLUES

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Across

1 Extreme European? (4) 3 Went ahead and jumped - was in plentiful supply (8)

9 Survive till the tenth wicket, perhaps (7)

10 The doctor goes in the morning to see a play (5) 11 Think carefully before spilling tea, perhaps - it will carry more weight (12)

13 Pleasant to look at when approaching? (6)

15 In which the goings-on are positively infantile (6) 17 Again rigorous with charges - there are limits (12)

20 From the index, I learn he had to leave home (5) 21 Appropriate letter from Berlin, perhaps (7) 22 Record of vocal range

(8) 23 Worker and what he uses (4)

Down

1 Explore the region to get a wide view (8)

2 Supple in feel, it helps considerably (5)

4 Happen to be having change of diet (6) 5 Insurers are obviously not well up in authorship (12)

6 Change this card - it's strong-acting (7) 7 A quantity of wood, perhaps (4)

8 Learned fellow on the Post Office staff? (3,2,7) 12 Bat's deed produces somewhere to lie (8)

14 The record for it is likely to be a matter of minutes (7)

16 Not getting as far as "Two's company"? (6) 18 Coming from a handsome city in the States (5)

19 Look closely at a contemporary (4)