CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

▶ Across 2. Foundation degree taken by girl in America (5)

5. Work the land some way away at Minehead (4)

7. He looks down his nose at man working at last (4)

8. Passive, I can't vie with this form (8) 9. Lord, he had a woolly coat! (8) 11. Cargo at head of partition in a ship (4) 12. Full of trite sayings, I'd spout Latin with university head (13)

15. Being parched, get shot of it after 1st April (4)

17. Reading of betting prices once the visit is finished (4,4)

19. It may go round in the post (8) 21. Lines that rhyme with snow and phlegm (4)

22. Lessons in gym on the street can be a nuisance (4)

23. Senior member to cheat one with money in Japan (5)

▶ Down

1. What to do with it on donkey for a duck (7)

2. Cloth shield works either way up (3) 3. Drink with which David armed himself (5)

4. Gets tarnished instead of replacing it (7)

5. It is well that a garment should suit one's measurements (3)

6. Make merry, turning the bar upsidedown (5)

10. It may be considered passé to have taken a girl out (5)

11. It could be a job putting it together with an instrument (5)

13. Got to grips with it and brought one down (7)

14. To be more economical is no good (7) 16. More in the pay packet might arise from it (5)

18. Truck seen in Camberwell or Rye (5) 20. Animal to call with a whistle? (3) 21. Tuning peg one can hold down (3)