CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 7. Heard thank you to Scottish person on the road (6) 8. Rough, so must be odd? (6) 9. Vital part of kiss beyond vineyard (4) 10. Confiscate fish and chips? (8) 11. Call centre to change directors (11) 14. Complain about friend admitting strange snort (11) 18. Large number in pack, a fleet (8) 19. Reportedly praise aristocrat (4) 20. Upward slope has a smell (6) 21. Demands former deeds (6)

DOWN 1. Sprinted back to lines – gets thinner (7) 2. Card for a person from Guadalajara (4) 3. Put an end to drink (6) 4. Bird nuts? (6) 5. Handyman about to mend rapier (8) 6. In essence, dark wood (5) 12. Decade passed in links (8) 13. Knot tie with speed, and repeat (7) 15. Former pupil dead fatter around the middle (6) 16. Hits up editor and showed mercy (6) 17. Be first to endure explosion (5) 19. Flea jumps on part of plant (4)