Cryptic crossword

SATURDAY’S SOLUTIONS Across: 6 Raiment; 7 Brief; 9 Roman; 10 Hostage; 12 Pretty smart; 14 Grave charge; 18 Antique; 19 Reign; 21 Steer; 22 Fringes. Down: 1 Bacon; 2 Impair; 3 End; 4 Pro tem; 5 Ledgers; 8 Holy war; 11 Stuck up; 13 Granite; 15 Veiled; 16 Greens; 17 Egret; 20 Ore.

ACROSS

1. Praise returned twofold (4)

3. He makes an offer to support Rose somehow (8)

9. somehowBrazilian port(8) to us appears boisterous (7)

10. Strange shape of the moon, perhaps (5)

11. Having no centre of gravity? (5-7)

13. An order for money (6)

15. An article to be followed (6)

17. It may result in not only the weather breaking! (7,5)

20. Put away in great enjoyment (5)

21. Record suppressed by force (3,4)

22. Cutting teeth (8)

23. Such wolves are no longer (4)

DOWN

1. Abandoned ship

2. Surrounded by some of the team on gaining three points (5)

4. It’s not reddish-brown,orange (6) but

5. Their job is to keep down correspondence (5,7)

6. Main plant source of iodine (7)

7. Is sorry for a trick, by the sound of it (4)

8. They indicate how elevated your position is (7,5)

12. Being there before the change of scene (8)

14. It is used extensively (7)

16. He aims to bring down the opposition in an individual way (6)

18. By itself something which attracts interest, we hear (5)

19. Fairy ripe for a change (4)