CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. The rest adopt a new attitude (6)

4. Having left the rink for an administrative post (6)

9. But they’re not usually soldiers’ quarters (7,6)

10. See 5 Down

11. See 16 Down

12. Distort a dance (5)

14. Somehow raise a sign on high (5)

18. Consent to be friends (5)

19. Residents at home with companions (7)

21. Escaping from a tight situation! (8,5)

22. To quit is a considerable waste (6)

23. Noun is used for noted agreement (6)

DOWN

1. In here put everybody’s good name (6)

2. They see that sentences are kept to proper length (6,7)

3. This clue is not good English (5) 5 & 10Ac. Mental sustenance (4,3,7)

6. Are they caused by those who rise from the ranks? (13)

7. A tree’s used for this festival (6)

8. A comfortable place to moor (5)

13. A loud one may be connected with a certain set (7)

15. Rule out a place to lie with spikes on (6)

16 & 11Ac. I will be encompassed by one part of different instrument (10)

17. Not to the fore in some craft (6)

20. Some longing to find fruit inside (5)