CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Behold the Occident at the very bottom (6) 4. Many with tender chest (6) 9. Everything was free in vain (3,3,7) 10. The colonist finds a dog about fifty (7) 11. Happen to set dog on officer commanding (5) 12. Where lovers have their trials? (5) 14. I object to worker as intended (5) 18. Could be strength (5) 19. A copy of one parcel (7) 21. Seeking a style in vogue in a way (5,1,7) 22. Have nothing to do with rubbish (6) 23. Thinner, like somebody who rests? (6)

DOWN

1. Maintain contact is a lie (6) 2. Esteemed source of water considered (4,7,2) 3. Ruin the booty (5) 5. The result is disclosed: draw near! (7) 6. A reasonable proviso is that it’s in a passable state (4,9) 7. About to drag up notice (6) 8. At the end of the garden attempt to make a way in (5) 13. Back answers used by chemists (7) 15. Spoil the two I am to take (6) 16. No honest vessel? (5) 17. Prohibitionist flag, perhaps (6) 20. Adhesive out of the reach of egghead (5)