CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Challenge to read out (4) 3. One who trains regularly? (8) 9. Boring and is due to be changed (7) 10. A point always cut (5) 11. How one knows immediately someone is surprised? (4,3,5) 13. Spirit priest cast out (6) 15. Justification a senora gives? (6) 17. An infant prodigy, which is not surprising (6,6) 20. Bird the French name (5) 21. Strangely one isn’t under stress (7) 22. Stopped making retreads (8) 23. Escape and feel confused (4)

DOWN

1. Under no obligation when not taxed (4-4) 2. Went by horse to the ring for cowboy skills display (5) 4. Turned out love duets, possibly (6) 5. Fail to understand and get a decimal wrong? (4,3,5) 6. Inns with servant trouble (7) 7. Unusual way to serve meat (4) 8. A woman of letters? (12) 12. Charm one’s way in (8) 14. Hint for a dog (7) 16. Decide to stay (6) 18. Train to make well, for example (5) 19. Some Vietnamese volcano? (4)