CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Produces disturbed teenagers (9) 8 Female name for duck is heard (3) 9 Taking money from the bank and retiring (11) 11 So a tree could produce this flower (3-4) 12 Board to make progress (3,2) 13 Islam’s revised service book (6) 15 Stop sides getting disorganised before the start of the tournament (6) 17 The kind of blazer for a pioneer (5) 18 The result of intervention of astronomical proportions (7) 20 See when bird migrates to Vanuatu (3,8) 22 Don’t stand for the beginnings of Liberalism in Europe (3) 23 Passing places (5-4)

DOWN

2 Old priest disturbed by 22 (3) 3 Dreaded activity programmed for entertainment! (5) 4 Revolutionary painting put up by the dealer (6) 5 English variety of haircut (7) 6 Certainly not open-mouthed (5-6) 7 To get a new form of carriage (9) 10 Marked description of one who has been in full cry? (4-7) 11 Scholastic programme the traveller may consult (9) 14 Sanctioned everything not yet paid for (7) 16 Certain classes the brass-hat never finishes (6) 19 Timber used in rural architecture (5) 21 Aim to go no further (3)

Yesterday’s solutions:

Across: 1 Dressy. 4 Odious. 9 An eye for an eye. 10 Outcrop. 11 Ovine. 12 Wince. 14 Anode. 18 Uncle. 19 Settler. 21 Stoppress news. 22 Taking. 23 Beaten.

Down: 1 Dragon. 2 Electric clock. 3 Shear. 5 Dragoon. 6 Overindulgent. 7 Sweden. 8 Coypu. 13 Cheapen. 15 Gusset. 16 Askew. 17 Prison. 20 Taste.