CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Scout leader went slowly but wrote in haste (8) 6. Mr Frost is a card (4) 8. Small part to include in morning (4) 9. Divided American farm in the plot (8) 10. It could be a question of how to pick the highest blackberry (6,7) 11. Standard to drop (4) 13. Seemingly untidy place in which to eat (4) 17. Film Antipodean sorcerer? (3,6,2,2) 20. Seek tall model who is extremely thin (8) 21. Help rebel leader first in attack (4) 22. Extremely nervous? (4) 23. Yes, later change in direction of the wind (8)

DOWN

2. Easily remembered despite being deceptive (6) 3. For the most part respect a novice naval officer (7) 4. Seek to influence officials in the passage (5) 5. Sketch I’d turned upside down with a little weight (7) 6. Old Testament character had firm poke outside (5) 7. Skilful with many a lifting device (6) 12. Look fixedly at abstainer with eastern newspaper (7) 14. Torment guide leader entering new course (7) 15. Lost one’s breath – or one’s nerve perhaps (6) 16. Joyous Josephine is on the bottle (6) 18. Fool of a sailor to leave marsupial (5) 19. Turns over the car (5)