CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 1. This will mean absolutely nothing to a batsman (3,2,5)

8. A big one can get around (5)

9. See 18

10. Laughter about Dawn & I over relation (8-2-3)

11. Reportedly a board to sleep on

(5)

13. Concur price tag reefer has (5)

18 & 9ac. No way have a period of continual ice-cream treats by the sound of it. (3,2,1,5,2,7)

21. Put to use in the field (7) 22. Olive oil opportunity shows up a disease back in the headlines (5)

23. Be knowledgeable about cast, Vernon (10)

Down

2. Carry out the sentence (7) 3. The state of the soil in lentil thickets (5)

4. Check out the hanky panky in the county . . . (6)

5. . . . a lot of grunting going on (7) 6. Parliament gets correspondence back (5)

7. Disclaim that which belongs to the princess (6)

8. Go for a paddle, coming back predawn (4)

12. Intones about stress (7) 14. Echo Len arranged for a line of troops (7)

15. Involve oneself to get into gear

(6)

16. Guardsmen ran away causing smear (6)

17. Hairdo from permafrost (4) 19. Take subject to picture inside (5) 20. Scruffs from the northern primates (5)