CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
7. How can lot be great fun if it can’t be put out of mind? (13)
8. Give one false expectations of star longing for a change (6,5)
12. Mean wound given by last fly (6)
14. Being so modest might make me rude (6)
16. Getting into vestments may bring nothing about (6)
18. Initial scent may linger on such a night (6)
19. In a last-ditch way Peter delays it (11)
23. There are no ifs to such surrender (13)
DOWN
1. Needlessly hurrying, having them in one’s pants (4)
2. Number taken in hand by a coach (4)
3. The instrumentality of a recruitment business (6)
4. Leave one helpless along the shore (6)
5. It has almost half the ring (of sanctity) (4)
6. A mention on air for a sparking device (4)
9. Finger-cover rigged by sleight-of-hand (7)
10. Is not fighting, having gears disengaged (7)
11. Say one didn’t turn up in Tyne deliberately (4)
12. Is angry, having an ulcer (4)
13. Mother’s ruin may be a trap (3)
15. Consume afternoon meal head-to-tail (3)
17. Wanting a lot of guts to be a glutton (6)
18. Somewhat crazy feline put in a pen for pigs (6)
19. Mainly eat and end up swallowing one (4)
20. Et cetera and, shortly, this (4)
21. Love god to be upset by Rose (4)
22. How long it takes a rye to circulate (4)