CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Cover nothing in the swimming pool (4)

3 Jeers at soldier's home (8)

9 Dishonest instrumentalist? (7) 10 Cram with material (5) 11 Two languages used in furniture making (6,6) 13 There's nothing to point out - there's a choice

(6)

15 Moneylender is mostly more certain (6)

17 It is there for the asking (8,4)

20 Fifty on the verge of the shelf (5)

21 Rages if source of heat is changed (3,4)

22 Fought, but consigned to the rubbish dump (8) 23 Fifty examples of supports? (4)

Down

1 Withdraw twelve inches at the beginning of march (4,4)

2 American city to steer clear of? (5)

4 Sudden rap, but different (6)

5 Inability to sleep could lessen stress (12) 6 There's nothing in a swearer having a warhorse (7)

7 Seat doesn't quite reach to this point (4) 8 Woolgathering? (5,2,5) 12 They are on the move in an organised way (8) 14 Rumble of trains in both underground stations

(7)

16 Half a couple? Not yet! (6)

18 A team away (5)

19 English and French articles used in preparing alcoholic drink (4)