Paper.. The BIG Saturday Crossword

Cryptic clues

Across

1. Some starstruck

sailors (4)

3. Red spies out to

scatter (8)

8. Ground rent? (4)

9. Ten girls out of

English money (8)

11. Orders for

this month’s

disturbances (12)

13. Tell how the

engineers were not

on time (6)

14. Figure it’s an

anaesthetic (6)

17. Hot dripping? (12)

20. Skilfully organised

idolatry (8)

21. Needlecase found in

the Tuileries (4)

22. Takes great pleasure

in being slighted,

somehow (8)

23. Netting keeping me

quiet (4)

Down

1. Rows about stray

dogs (8)

2. No answer? (7)

4. All there in

diplomacy (6)

5. Fussy, but

special (10)

6. A rule some of us are

ignorant of (5)

7. Border’s streaky

cricket shot (4)

10. In favour of

trying, but making

objections (10)

12. Flourish what you put

your breakfast in? (8)

15. Inclined to be

snappish (7)

16. Shade in the

garden (6)

18. Actor Mr Greene

returns to register (5)

19. Worker held in

affection? (4)

Down

1. Wilful (8) 2. Mountaineer (7) 4. Overseas (6) 5. Walker (10) 6. Consumed (5) 7. Lively (4)

10. Combativeness (10) 12. Advance (8)

15. Ductile (7)

16. Orb (6)

18. Essential (5)

19. Rip (4)