CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Strong law is broken in the beginning (8)

5 Game unsuitable for women (4)

9 Note rig of a sailing vessel (4) 10 Balanced mixed diet that rounds off the day (8) 11 Ocean-bed? (5)

12 Pays a quick visit and watches TV (5,2)

13 Be involved in a risky action – possibly ruinous to the litigant (5,8)

18 Making pencil lead may give you quiet rheumatic pain (8) 19 Man-of-war (4)

20 Grass around the seaport (7)

21 My goodness! I type wrongly (5)

22 Team with an air of superiority (4)

23 Falsely alleges, in front of ministers (8)

DOWN

2 Naval weapon or depot perhaps (7)

3 The girl looks different, having slimmed (7)

4 It won’t let you come straight in (9,4)

6 Woolly couple (4-3)

7 One who clutches at straws in general disorder (7)

8 Such a yarn may produce a groan (6)

13 Policemen make very little money (7)

14 Made a pretence a reality? (7)

15 Herald’s coat, thanks to the poet (6)

16 It’s heavenly under a tree (7) 17 One would feel put out to be treated so (7)