Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

Unscrupulous as heels 1. 7. are? (5,3,4) Can go out for a dance (5) 8. Cathy’s sort of vessel (5) 9. It’s not expected to lose sleep (3) 10. Man in one country is to find another... (9) 11 . ... or deny it could be over there (6) 12. Crying at me on the side of a football pitch (6) 15. Somehow told her about the bike race meeting being suppressed (9) 17. Consume tea, perhaps (3) 18. Artless one in part of the church (5) 19. Wise men become older in the ship (5) 21. Scanty Labour version of the police force (12)

DOWN

1. A bonny reel danced around street in Ireland (7,5) 2. Achieved victory in returning the present (3) 3. Listens to English car (6) 4. Not Bow Bells, but belle’s beau (9) 5. Pub providing anaesthetic (5) 6. I saw that Gary out immediately (12) 7. Bird wearing a hat? (5) 10. Sent laser off with vigilant attention (9) 13. Notions aides come up with (5) 14. Some scandal as Kansas becomes a state (6) 16. Perhaps it’s a 1-horn animal (5) 20. Animal in ‘Agnus Dei’ (3)