CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 The Spanish graduate located in the Mediterranean (4)
3 Narrow channels used for seatrips (8)
8 A sign of sorrow – it’s the rent (4)
9 When meal is cooked, he needs to keep to the right course (8)
11 Being a subscriber in the insurance business? (12)
13 Not going straight to telephone after some hesitation (6)
14 Remove everything from the gear-box! (6)
17 All airmen try to replace the gunner (9-3)
20 Special serviceman gets order and nothing more (8) 21 Long-handled weapon for fish (4)
22 Senior nurse round at home – that’s decidedly inauspicious (8) 23 Pot plant (4)
DOWN
1 Showed keenness – then differently employed (8)
2 One who goes on the ship as a guest (7)
4 A wild horse on the beach (6) 5 As bribes they remove bitterness (10)
6 The brat playin’ the tables (5) 7 Lay in the grass on groundsheets (4)
10 Guiding maxims, we hear, for headmasters (10)
12 As superficial as beauty, we’re told (4-4)
15 More air required for storage cupboard (7)
16 Solemnly promise to drink a toast (6)
18 European capitalist managed to hold the doctor up (5) 19 Experts in providing fine services (4)