WEE THINKER

Across

7 Warrior returning from Bali, a rum ascent (7) 9 Anticipate a western isle (5) 10 One wood is exactly right (5) 11 Lassie, perhaps, Orion’s companion? (3,4) 12 Lie about biblical priest (3) 13 Levy put on one stinking line of hire cars (4,4) 16 Good king to help in house on Japanese island (8) 17 Owned shadowy part (3) 19 That woman has the sound of a gun, the whole thing! (7) 21 Worth seeing university in lowland area (5) 22 Discombobulated, in the main? (2,3) 23 Verse I’d composed was studied for an exam (7)

Down

1 Like measurements for court sessions (7) 2 I go after pixie gets alien skin condition (8) 3 Spoken exam ethical, though not initially (4) 4 Australian jumper? (8) 5 It may lure one back into the militia briefly (4) 6 Wader in the West Orkneys (5) 8 Pointer one has to hand (5,6) 13 Confiscate Chinese meal, for example (8) 14 Nothing is blocking greeting – may start extreme belief (8) 15 Added an alteration to supplements to a book (7) 18 A water-bird by big dam (5) 20 No problem, even for Texan spy (4) 21 Long live section of revivalists (4)