CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. Modest white new molars (6,5) 8. Appoint as notice (6) 9. Lena, Melanie hold covering of 1 Across (6) 10. Detest cap from Orient (4) 11. Responded when news read out (8) 12. Poor Lee’s holding A-Z of sordidness (6) 14. Run away, leaving middle of landing strip (6) 15. Highlighted when very worried (8) 17. Job mail (4) 18. Humorous Joe eats lettuce (6) 19. No side turns away famous inventor (6) 20. Office workers’ hidden star sign (11) DOWN 2. New national list reveals type of artwork (12) 3. Control a car with determination (5) 4. Command chap to go on date (7) 5. Betting odds taken to heart by Steven Spielberg (5) 6. Trained about swap (5-2) 7. High-ranking soldier to pack away shop (7,5) 13. Strange name, one for a flower (7) 14. Communist team moves for beef, for example (3,4) 16. Initially, shirt put on for promise (5) 17. Former type of monk (5)