CRYPTICCROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Points to part of engine (6) 4 A Carib tongue (6) 9 Worshipping spies? (6,7) 10 Work in the theatre, perhaps (7) 11 Sham public transport to go back in (5) 12 Game for a striker (5) 14 What the candidate must do before winning a seat (5) 18 There’s nothing in twisting yarn to form material (5) 19 Undress as is bored unfortunately (7) 21 Fortitude after local anaesthetic at the dentist’s? (5,5,3) 22 Commanding status of priest? (6) 23 Set day, but didn’t go away (6)

DOWN

1 Gun may be spoilt (6) 2 Cause of a flutter in the office? (9,4) 3 Grow old under doctor: it’s all up to the last letter (5) 5 Scarce piece is usually Welsh (7) 6 Begin to make dramatic use of? (5,4,4) 7 Fold note in container (6) 8 Cinema attendant, female, in ancient city (5) 13 Have a discussion about one kind of tree (7) 15 Forces to produce wallpainting (6) 16 Taped wrong expert (5) 17 Again copied and got the harvest in (6) 20 Dispatched about 100 for perfume (5)