CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 2. Organic matter in soil will smell unpleasant to you and me (5) 5. Turn towards the exposed surface of a cliff (4) 7. Stuff to study for exam (4) 8. Newsman makes error pet can put right (8) 9. Soft material obtainable from Bath area (8) 11. Setter may sound like cinchona (4) 12. Gipsy chal, cool about it being all in the mind (13) 15. Satirical sketch will go around it right away (4) 17. Not wanting to twist, is putting up with it (8) 19. Talk with one that’s the opposite of the other (8) 21. One could eat luncheon starter of duck (4) 22. The tide will come in on a quicksand (4) 23. Poets used to preclude it in law (5) DOWN 1. Almost certain to get through and go one better (7) 2. Amateur radio buff is given to overacting (3) 3. Jollity with which jollies hit out (5) 4. Singer takes nothing more than parson can offer (7) 5. No end of rage produces a coating on the tongue (3) 6. It’s plain it will get the cheque through the bank (5) 10. Tie achieved where the racing takes place (5) 11. A temporary stoppage where viewers are concerned (5) 13. See the old boy do his time (7) 14. Books the plants one sows every year (7) 16. Almost know the hill is halved by its being rounded (5) 18. It is awkward to get write-up in it (5) 20. In a German car, nothing but promise (3) 21. Get money from one for a secret listening device (3)