Crossword hat-trick

Cryptic No 1577 (answers in next week’s paper)

ACROSS

1. Store between 180 and 270 degrees (4)

8. Knocked down and defeated (10)

9. One concerned with image, being badly tailored (8) 10. Agreement prepared for conveyance, we hear (4) 12. Possibly go over a furrow (6) 14. Sidetracks to avoid the backstreet (6) 15. Importance for a short time (6) 17. Contract concerning Mussolini (6) 18. Some of us have always eaten this meat (4) 19. Tactful fellow (8) 21. There are terms for this (10) 22. Swim in three lanes (4)

DOWN

2. Offer nothing but solicitous affection? (6,4)

3. Sheepskin coat (4)

4. Decide not to go on? (6) 5. Fumes capable of causing a lot of damage (6)

6. Offer for money (8)

7. It secures a measure of progress (4) 11. Child’s play for those who like pulling strings (4,6) 13. Forget how to take charge (8) 16. Take uncertain steps (6) 17. Go about two? (6) 18. Is in Virginia for purposes of travel (4) 20. Finished up (4)