CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sanctuary provides happy ending in a ghetto (6) 5 Cold in truck, very cold (6) 8 Dagger hazard back to front (4) 9 Disengage a French model before fish (8) 10 Aran knit is stylish but rebellious (8) 11 Stone creature outside New York (4) 12 Country providing rabies treatment (6) 14 Serge’s place by exit (6) 16 Disputes lines (4) 18 Surround eastern and northern ring (8) 20 Gore swirling in lake is not acidic (8) 21 Harbour detail! (4) 22 Doing nothing but showing anger? Not British! (6) 23 Kate takes in artist as form of self‑defence (6)

DOWN

2 Yes, ring round injecting instrument (7) 3 A failure in failed roles (5) 4 What gourmet in trouble finds appetising (5‑8) 5 Put out red alert, click for solicitor‑to‑be (8,5) 6 Form’s study expedition (7) 7 Insert trendy ballad (5) 13 Rice with ma’s bait, cooked (7) 15 Very legal to ask for votes (7) 17 Drunk cooked, not initially (5) 19 Two‑way detection method (5)