CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across

1. Put a pole out to supply people (8) 7. Overlarge – outsize – bee turns to it (5) 8. Frankness is able to swindle your half (7)

9. Bowler's stint expected: it's late (7) 10. Get cargo in if youngster has nothing to hold (4)

12. Foot gets it to work, being alerted to change (7)

14. Moved rook and king as all the players were first (7)

17. Crazy to make a return which will be a knockout (4)

18. Very popular children’s game, English classic (7)

21. Greed for wealth via care, perhaps (7) 22. Spread in the US managed by the church (5)

23. Dress to a different layout, including various types (8)

Down

1. Troublesome child may choose the French (6)

2. Hanging ornaments an author might stand for (8)

3. One's appearance after fifty has nothing to sanction (4)

4. To stick in it is more than one can bear (6)

5. Big Westminsterite, Democrat leader, will not be rigid (4)

6. Harsh turn verse takes round end of rhyme (6)

7. Those who bat first for corkscrews (7) 11. Let dog go, Leah: sun is out! (7)

13. The locality where I'd turned up was harsh (8)

14. Puts something over players in the field (6)

15. Sees pictures of me as doctor, perhaps (6) 16. Mean to be at home to be conducive (6) 19. There isn't any Japanese drama one loses head for (4)

20. Ring of sanctity for Prince Henry came to nothing (4)