CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. Regulars in the services (11) 9. The intention of one in the morning (3) 10. Maybe I can blame a lack of equilibrium (9) 11. About the end of the battle damaged tank is captured (5) 13. Let care be used in processing molasses (7) 14. We will be put in groups for those included in a later course (6) 16. Shady retreat providing a bit of natural cover (6) 18. One colleague takes it in to copy (7) 19. Act wrongly and fail to get to the celebration, we hear (5) 20. Being inventive, I will be using one differently (9) 21. It’s a strain to put

on a bet (3) 22. See 12 Dn. DOWN 2. Border situated in the marches (3) 3. Sounds like precipitation as a rule (5) 4. Customs assumed in the monastery (6) 5. Successful result of a boring operation (3,4) 6. Go quickly to the other side and meet someone accidentally (3,6) 7. Convivial bonhomie shown by political group? (5,6) 8. What pupils do to show agreement (3,3,2,3) 12 and 22Ac. Maintaining respectability by continuing to do stage work (7,2,11) 15. As an apprentice, I enter a different way (7) 17. Not the direct course of French excursion (6) 19. Small particle for which the omens are misleading (5) 21. Fish returning for

shelter (3)