CRYPTIC 320

Across 1 It’s not moving so cast it out (6)

7 Once Ted had a tale to tell (8)

8 Do I get up and start mounting the speaker’s platform? (6)

9 One can expect to get big bills when meeting such birds (8)

10 One must retain this in one’s eye (6) 11 Asserted positively that one must desist in this regard (8)

14 The cardinal is given a rise (8)

18 Santa is included in the contract, we hear (6)

19 Move that cart at the harbour and draw it out (8)

21 A sharp response found useful in the laboratory (6)

22 Noted how to get tea to explode (8) 23 Scared of looking holy? (6) Down 1 You have some spare tea? Then you must part with it (8)

2 Put it down, it’s unimportant (6)

3 Camping out and a political operation is involved (8)

4 Take the lead in a business transaction (4)

5 Some decrees cited in the South (6)

6 The saint is given the cane for making a stand (6)

12 Respects the appearance of such phantoms (8)

13 Indeed, fate is seen when one is so beaten (8)

15 In summer, Germany has arranged a business absorption (6)

16 With that on your mind it is seen as a no-no (6)

17 Holds the sail, I see, and is a form of resin (6)

20 Such a mad man was the first to arrive here (4)