Hawke's Bay Today

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

2. Double fifty held by one gulled (5)

5. The last thing Pandora had was the work he took in (4)

7. Some schoolchil­dren have schedule to fill in with details (4)

8. Not being skilled at home, former spouse got cheeky (8)

9. Either that is so, or I’m an Afrikaner (8)

11. Say it is as much as one wants to drink (4)

12. Making of vigorous hand signals i.e, signal to cut it out (13)

15. Commotion caused by schoolmast­er about head teacher (4)

17. The cloth I am later converted to (8)

19. The outside exit, or reorganisa­tion of it (8)

21. Animal tunnelling to the breakwater (4)

22. In the Italian, do worship him (4)

23. Finished with an old penny when in need of change (5)

DOWN

1. What the garden yields one may put on the stage (7)

2. Filly’s mother will use bank to hold it back (3)

3. Triangular glass, Sir, given up in the afternoon (5)

4. The sort of triangle that never dies (7)

5. There’s nothing in the never-never to make a dance about (3)

6. Pulped food is unadultera­ted with additive number (5)

10. Provide food for grimalkin with some hesitation (5)

11. Smart eyes may do to irrigate it (5)

13. Tidy one’s hair in the East and get it together (7)

14. They make divine revelation­s clear, so it might appear (7)

16. Made to pay to have treetop chopped down (5)

18. Weary of it turning up when embarrasse­d (5)

20. Conger ‘e found at the back of the boot (3)

21. Crazy domestic servant dropped one (3)

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