Cryptic crossword
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ACROSS
1. Keeping aloof from the seafood purveyor’s stall! (11)
9. Renegade and turncoat,
initially (3)
10. Continual instances out of order (9)
11. I love to change into this material (5)
13. One detective force interrupts Susan – attempting this? (7)
14. A stand-in for a member of a legislative assembly (6)
16. Kind of butter, both parts
of which get shelled (6) 18. Having risen, begin to be pretentious (7)
19. I drew new shape that’s not so constricted (5)
20. Bert is upset by a fellow
member of a clan (9)
21. Nothing you and I fail to
settle (3)
22. They provide understanding for one in court (6,5)
DOWN
2. Abstainer takes in nothing but a little drink! (3)
3. One in the main body of the church showing no affectation (5)
4. Overhead expenses for some of the fashion costumiers (6)
5. Description of Christmas Eve fits in a way (7) 6. Various antidotes put in place (9)
7. Serious uncertainties as to the burial place (5,6) 8. Hawkers’ slogans could disclose secret rites (6,5) 12. Four involved in stalemate showing no emotion (9)
15. Not properly trained to give as part payment (5-2)
17. Corresponding impressions of street maps, maybe (6)
19. Lifting gear obtained from the fellow in charge (5) 21. Poetic effort was
outstanding, we hear (3)