CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Objects needed for the stage production are toys (10)

7 & 3 Dn Aircraft schedules of use to surveyors (5,6)

8 Used for keeping the lightship stable? (7)

10 They sit outside the court to give their decisions (8)

11 Port is deserted (4)

13 One with a classical stony stare (6)

15 Behold with unrestrained hate! (6)

17 He’s learned to provide some seasoning (4)

18 Soft literary item is an insignificant piece (8)

21 Shows contempt for aurora australis! (7)

22 Put right guys in the advertisement (5)

23 Inflicts a defeat on the board (10)

DOWN

1 Sea-dweller seen coming back in brown war paint (5) 2 Strong dislike for a certain rendering (8)

3 See 7 Across

4 Doing no work – it sounds like the image one may wish to cherish (4)

5 Most solemn off-white underwear, we hear (7) 6 Defenders who present a sorry story? (10)

9 Name the exploits that prove right of possession (5,5)

12 A business agreement for a kind of bridge (8)

14 Wanton rush – I go all over the place (7)

16 No free man would be held to this (6)

19 They man ships for a seatrip, one hears (5)

20 A piece of research I considered fashionable (4)