Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS

7 Promptly gripped aluminium bar (6)

8 An application not available to contain sickness (6)

9 Stacks fruit for carriage (8)

10 No Geordie relative – that’s a relief! (4)

11 When top came off bag, that hurt (4)

12 Nothing is German about greeting extreme sceptic (8)

14 Prevent attendant causing strike (8)

16 Want to recreate Eden (4)

18 Hawk and raven dropped inside (4)

20 Southern Cross is represented as cutting implement (8)

22 Cabaret queen found in the bathroom (6)

23 A Conservative leader with a CIA plant (6)

DOWN

1 Rum resort in California? (6)

2 Seminar in hospital in Notts town (8)

3 Don’t start to take measure (4)

4 Eccentric whose son makes item of Arctic footwear (8)

5 Clever remark on first letters of quote used in pun (4)

6 Agents capturing the Spanish is disgusting (6)

12 Has krona distributed for ship (5,3)

13 Is he in charge of queues on court? (8)

15 Suffer as a toddler – the support must be first (6)

17 I grew a strange insect (6)

19 Woman seen at the break of day? (4)

21 Bit scary even, goodness me! (1,3)