CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Cuttingly clever? (5)

4. Pulling it may mean a report (7)

8. One odd smoker can be annoying (7)

9. David’s offering to repair lamps (5)

10. Feather-headed wise bird is a bird, of course (4)

11. Ring religious centre for what was left out (8)

13. Terribly vain Russian (4)

14. Sole bit of consolation lying here (4)

16. Vision is OK in boat-race crew (8)

17. Shrub found in all the best gardens (4)

20. In the morning everybody returned to see the animal (5)

21. Statesmanlike curtailment of public affairs (7)

22. Craft in which there are only trivial tasks? (7)

23. Country where Western beer is produced? (5)

DOWN

1. Brave face shown after treatment of top teeth? (5,5,3)

2. Wakes out of line (5)

3. Conspire to get a piece of land (4)

4. She edited ‘Hamlet’ (6)

5. It’s impressive when I am ready to be photographed (8)

6. Cause of a serious fall? (7)

7. Recollections in crime scenes (13)

12. Why the elderly don’t like banter? (8)

13. Nice tax isn’t precise (7)

15. Sort of sea-crossing by helicopter? (6)

18. Praise from the next Olympic champion (5)

19. Defect of legislation by French leader (4)