CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Appeared to notice me with daughter (6) 5 Tattily dressed and made fun of (6) 8 Boy hugging a horse (4) 9 Extortionate moneylender having no hesitation promises to pay (8) 10 Fibbed about phone pioneer so defamed (8) 11 Range of first‑rate old records (4) 12 Type of wit Ali cultivated (6) 14 Took notice of man with awful deed (6) 16 Strike‑breaker’s wound mark (4) 18 Certainly going in the wrong direction, one French leader absent (2,6) 20 Clears of troubles in the open (8) 21 Clue for ‘Shinto’ unlimited (4) 22 Birds are below par (6) 23 Said officer is a bit of a nut (6)

DOWN 2 I am uppermost in his mind (7) 3 Ground stuff cold in pit (5) 4 Cons twin over crucifixes (6‑7) 5 Foolishly hold UK concert all day and night (5,3,5) 6 Scowl from stern expert (7) 7 English witticism to provide kit (5) 13 Generous and broad‑minded (7) 15 German city church’s lifeblood (7) 17 Alice’s other name (5) 19 Escort you, me and the woman (5)