Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS

7 Drag into river in flood (6) 8 Sets fire to offal (6) 9 Lengthen expert passage (8) 10 Disturbance involved trio (4) 11 Slightly burn fish (4) 12 Experienced sudden fear when dad was arrested (8)

14 Make inroads, about to be cynical (8)

16 I trick revered person (4) 18 Machine taking end off piece of wood (4)

20 Staggered by river mammal Ted caught (8)

22 Hot thing, cold one! (6) 23 Drunkard going round animal with cask peg (6)

DOWN

1 Fireside, with centre hot (6) 2 Military leader spoke – spoke under his breath (8)

3 Cheese in cafe, tagged (4) 4 Purely spiritual wretched pal needs a pick-me-up (8)

5 Jelly found in sea garden! (4) 6 Walked with authority in Dorset, possibly (6)

12 Hanging style coming into play (8) 13 Interrupted one drug taken on chin (6,2)

15 Brave father in pain (6) 17 Shakespearean king during October only (6)

19 Sounds completely sacred (4) 21 To follow with silence is nonsense (4)