CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Fire is abundant (4)

3. Ama Rajah is an Indian prince (8)

9. The store type but with misgivings for barrel makers (7)

10. Bottle opener per person found on the shoreline (5)

11. Could be a tongue is a noun (4,2,6)

13. Hidden from view in havoc cultured by clairvoyants (6)

15. Many in about quorum number for worship (6)

17. Clerk lost bet about printed capitals (5,7)

20. Pair about to get first turn being eligible for marriage (5)

21. Proportional payment for a parrot playing tricks (3,4)

22. See East Enders about a cosy neck? (8)

23. Remodels back into Santa’s transport (4)

Down

1. Change crop tree to make it respond to stimuli (8)

2. Stun the body of assembly members (5)

4. Donkey is first aid (6)

5. Vine ABBA riot about as abridgement (12)

6. Political disorder caused by cash and carry arrangement with no cards (7)

7. Hay’s pale? (4)

8. Have a memory about pieces kept together (12)

12. Dan knits, surprisingly, a stationery holder (8)

14. Car coil creates heat (7)

16. Limp software? . . . (6)

18. . . . has a bearing on post these days possibly (5)

19. Narrative poem created in record, I see (4)

Yesterday

Across: 1. Fob watch, 7. Eyrie, 8. Smarten up, 9. Ewe, 10. Shut, 11. Merger,

13. Shakespearean, 15. Animal, 16. Tiff, 18. Vim, 20. Leicester, 21. Sense,

22. Headrest.

Down: 1. Fasts, 2. Bravura, 3. Ants, 4. Contemplative, 5. Order, 6. Veteran, 7. Epigram, 12. Neville, 13. Slavish, 14. Epistle, 15. Among, 17. First, 19. Reed.