BIFF’S BIZARRE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1 Malt liquor comes with baggage (6)

4 Hindu musical piece about seaweed jelly (4)

Is past being cut up (3)

Rush about wildly showing anger surrounding a parliamentarian (7)

In an emergency, amalgamate (5) Religious counselling for previous dental treatment (8,4)

Grind spice for heroic poems (5) Frequently decimal (5)

Alien occupation characterised by imports and exports (7,5)

All right, I follow a quiet giraffe relative (5)

Rival the dead bird (7)

Rocky hill in Pretoria (3)

Rear end shut-out (4)

Nut in the army, we hear (6) 11 13

Catch up a bit (4)

Syrupy cake drops a degree to dance (5) I claim mixed titles at full stretch (7,5) Refuse a beggar change (7) Midshipman’s jacket (6)

Strange – I drew up either side (5)

Little luck yields a fair amount of money (5,7)

Writer is mostly a poet (3)

Sharp around Eastern Province, maybe (7)

Halloween ends up born (3)

On the surface, out of debt (6) Blundered, bled out below (5)

Exhaust pipe (5)

Conceal the surveillance within (4)

Pupils (8)

Water (prefix) (4)

Typestyle or ancient Italian (5) Ineffectiveness due to overwork (7) Arm joints (6)

Grilled bread (5)

Formally charge with a crime (6) Abstained from eating (6) Appetising (5)

Famous July horse race venue (6) Love story (7)

Cricket batting milestone (5) Distribute playing cards (4) Withdraws (8) 13 15 17 18 20 22 23

Painful (4)

Abased or mortified (7)

Language or jargon (5)

Sturdy; vigorous (6)

Allowance (5)

Personal viewpoint (8)

Plant with large cone-shaped flowers (6)

Imagined (8)

Tearful (6)

Vehicles on the road (7)

Stick (6)

Swahili lion (5)

Hand over for consideration (5) Peepers (4)