CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 The kind of habits soldiers get into (11)

9 Epitaph for a disreputable chap? (3)

10 Group with no strings attached (5,4)

11 Heavens above (5)

13 Take pains to produce inconvenience (7)

14 It’s possibly nice to see (6) 16 Eccentric ladies highly thought of (6)

18 Rawness can produce the wrong ones (7)

19 Condition under which a horse races (5)

20 The average dandy intends no harm, apparently (5,4) 21 Look taken aback, too (3) 22 Resolution that may be put forward in a large town (11)

DOWN

2 Tree snake (3)

3 Their contents may get squeezed – especially in rush hours in London (5)

4 Gets full satisfaction out of religious work (6)

5 Ponders in order to make an appropriate reply (7)

6 Right out at sea (9)

7 Salute members who are here (7,4)

8 Advisers are not the same for opponents (11)

12 Late and unwilling (9)

15 Light basket (7)

17 A grim situation on board (6) 19 Some vestige of sanctity (5) 21 Take a tasty morsel (3)