CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Something a baby will go through – like the golfing whatchamacallit (8) 7. Reportedly there is a question mark to whether mother is going to change her name to this (5) 8. Smells nice but not when a dog did it (7) 9. Dangled perhaps and will warm the cockles of your heart (7) 10. The girl from Ireland (4) 12. Got out stroganoff for a bit of spice (7) 14. Purist you get so to speak in chase ... (7) 17. ... of first lieutenant instead (4) 18. Curiously seems an almighty bunch of Frenchmen (2,5) 21. Bound to be found at the pier and through the cow’s nose? (7) 22. Being a bit drunk is part of the Haiti psyche (5) 23. Imponderables Diane abandoned as to her were headaches (8)

Down

1. Samples a bit as fast as Ted could manage (6) 2. Look at the ship with cosmetic highlight (8) 3. Detest headwear from the East (4) 4. They go with a couple of winks (say no more) (6) 5. Bedraggled, removed dagger and drew blood (4) 6. A gun shot heard in the billiard room! (6) 7. Given a beating. Why? (4,3) 11. Buys elk perhaps but was a bit dodgy (4-3) 13. About the US Soldier, detective agency and Egyptian leader – they were involved with the death of a monarch (8) 14. Not a penalty, but there were lots of them (6) 15. An earthquake is felt in the centre more or less (6) 16. Seemed pleasurable, Gus, and turned out to be a type of mushroom (6) 19. Mother has an afterthought with the charts (4) 20. Len departed from Belmont with grave consequences (4)