CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Desire to rip up T‑shirt (6) 5 Right I’ve place on street in struggle (6) 8 Burden on America (4) 9 Not a soul covered dry part of rocket (4,4) 10 Every bit of seasoning is Jamaica pepper (8) 11 We four return with an opinion (4) 12 Drive mostly right, then left (6) 14 Scorn is free in river (6) 16 Bar protest (4) 18 Nothing in boxes but funny drawings (8) 20 Open fair again in protective garment (8) 21 Data held by a plain foreigner (abbrev) (4) 22 Country meat (6) 23 Plain fish engulfs physician (6)

DOWN

2 And left that woman over trainer (7) 3 Flowers came up at start of spring (5) 4 Tom Collins yet to carry out operation (13) 5 Delay, hesitate, then strike undergarment (9,4) 6 Get better work as an upholsterer (7) 7 Tree‑lined street without a meeting‑place (5) 13 Leave gripping historical drama series (7) 15 In serious difficulty fixing roof‑end (4,3) 17 Farewell and fade in gold (5) 19 Hunter of the stars? (5)