Cryptic crossword
ACROSS
1 & 3Ac. They man the engine if bridges are destroyed (4,8) 3. See 1 Across 9. Made light of (7) 10. A labyrinth to cause stupefaction (5) 11. Time to say yes? (3,2,7) 13. Get away when the peace is disturbed around the south (6) 15. A feature of old-time dress to cause a stir (6) 17. The Singing Shopman? (12) 20. In essence, a selfsupporting structure (5) 21. Reflectors (7) 22. Testing a proverb, by the sound of it (8) 23. See 7 Down
DOWN
1. Gears fit for different craft (8) 2. Speak passionately about the northern mountains (5) 4. Describing the rod transmuted in the furnace (3-3) 5. Their blades keep others in trim (5,7) 6. Trawling equipment could be taken for granted (7) 7 & 23Ac. Unable to reproduce description of straightforward tennis tournament (8) 8. Dire punishment associated with a corpse? (5,7) 12. So a tree’s producing these flowers (3,5) 14. More than one vote goes to the other side (7) 16. Teutonic name for the girl’s fiance (6) 18. Necktie (5) 19. Conducted by a parent of Helen (4)