Cryptic Crossword
ACROSS 1 A stubborn type, first to exhibit charm (6) 5 Animal about to hug payee (6) 8 Down a shade (4) 9 Get pay in circulation from Cairo (8) 10 Is he in charge of queues at the football match? (8) 11 Pip ranked player (4) 12 Fix remaining trendy, we hear (6) 14 Lucky charm in parent’s bed (6) 16 In haste, misses check (4) 18 Pat clean displaced organ (8) 20 Sweet arum – is it horrible? (8) 21 Necessary time to remove bottle (4) 22 Getting on some stage in Glasgow (6) 23 Substitute keepers at zoo enclosure (6) DOWN 2 Huge number grind charged particle (7) 3 For example, tell tale about vassal (5) 4 Hot spot at arm’s length, rip off (7,6) 5 From day one, Burmese to an extreme degree (6,7) 6 Gives evidence at trials (7) 7 Article in Gaelic to wipe out (5) 13 Paint I’m mixing in drums (7) 15 Pariah is striking actors (7) 17 Object to bad night (5) 19 Singer lives in torment (5)