CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Portent that there’s nothing to give to the workers (4)

8 Blue, I learn, is not to be trusted (10)

9 Putting clothes on as cover for wound (8)

10 Dismissal is in the bag (4) 12 Departure for this sea area (6)

14 A moth’s a doubter (6) 15 Staple tableware (6)

17 Mark the skin indelibly and do a kind of lacework also (6) 18 Kind of print (4)

19 Note the hour and don’t make any progress (4,4) 21 Enrol in religious group to get things right (3,2,5) 22 Cultivate the ground where the money is? (4)

DOWN

2 Very sadly, doctor has run out completely (10)

3 Crazy things to eat? (4)

4 Even making the attempt is irksome (6)

5 Only a trivial offence? (6) 6 Father’s game is to get a travel document (8)

7 Adorn part of ship (4) 11 Protection for the postman? (4,2,4)

13 Tried nip, being bold (8) 16 Emblem of sly mob (6) 17 Harangue one in commerce (6)

18 Useful hints for rubbish dumps? (4)

20 Sour pastry? (4)