CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

6. Testamentary expectations from a Desmond Hesse (4,3’1,5)

8. Strange iron fuel chemical (8)

9. A road beyond? (4)

10. Cockney couldn’t? But he was within listening distance (3-4)

12. Alice turned out to be someone else... (5)

14. ...and he raged for a change (5) 16ac & 11dn. Cockney cash when Ada massages Hun, surprisingly (7,3,4)

19. Two for fruit we hear (4)

20. Recoil from Richard the Irishman by the sound of it (8)

22. Too brief a hardening process can make one frazzled (5,8)

Down

1. A small valley in Queensland, Ellen says (4)

2. Adages romanticised about the lack of nectar (6)

3. Expensive meat we hear in ovens (7)

4. Show the girl in the old city (5)

5. Translate Sherpa sentence (6)

7. Deleting a singer (7)

11. See 16 Across

13. Powders Mac lusts about (7)

15. Waitai Rd rye grass in for natural dehumidifying (3-3)

17. Bagged and given the boot! (6)

18. Little brother’s wagon is a bit of a beast (5)

21. Horse weakly gets sheep returning (4)