CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 and 6 Down: Air force degrees? (8,5) 5 Like to take a first class return to the continent (4)
9 Load a vehicle and depart (5)
10 It’s said one may vanish into it at the top of Everest maybe (4,3)
11 Lady of letters has an appointment with the teacher (12)
13 Not in the clique for a start (6) 14 Recent change of heart (6)
17 Fail to understand decimals correctly (4,3,5) 20 A growing attachment (7)
21 Energy needed for a sales campaign (5) 22 Close in and attack (4)
23 A way to gain an admission (8)
DOWN
1 Support a play or a player (4) 2 Where a journey may start or a trip may be arranged (7)
3 How one knows immediately that someone is surprised (4,3,5)
4 Sell or tell (6)
6 See 1 Across
7 Held in apprehension? (8)
8 Infant prodigy is hardly to be marvelled at (6,6)
12 He trains regularly before work (8) 15 One isn’t put out by it, but it’s a strain (7) 16 Capital songwriter (6)
18 Deserted area is in a bad way (5)
19 We are - or used to be (4)