Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. Routine that’s monastically assumed (5) 4. It floats haphazardly near the capital of Malta (7) 8. Foreign money for one who works with precious metal, we hear (7) 9. Kind of run that’s a driving test (5)

10 & 3Dn. Happening to die

horribly at dusk (8)

11. See 15 Down

13. Casually say what parachutists do (4)

14. They provide seats for those in the services (4)

16. Being brave, I printed amended version (8)

17. Counterfoil found in the ashtray (4)

20. What the baker uses for money (5)

21. Vingt-et-un or bridge (7)

22. Engage a substitute (7)

23. Row upon row producing signs of distress, one hears (5)

DOWN

1. He gets the lot (7,6) 2. She may wear a veil to match (5) 3. See 10 Across 4. Dismissing this kind of squad (6) 5. Various notes about the place where films are made (2,3,3) 6. Weavers, naturally (7) 7. They consist mainly of private players (8,5) 12. Somehow got there in concert (8) 13. The circuitous ways of French excursions (7) 15 & 11Ac. Unsophisticated concern for what may come from the capital (6,8) 18. So the pronoun is misprinted (5) 19. The community wouldn’t be complete without one (4)