30-MINUTE CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Supports the defenders (5)

4. Perceive that Cinders is going out (7)

8. Possibly reddens the china (7)

9. Reg carries six back for the donor (5)

10. Press club (4)

11. They’re used by those that dry up - there’s a lot in train (8)

13. Got back small clothes (4)

14. A man from a hot island (4)

16. Not sure about coatings (8)

17. Sage going out for a long time (4)

20. Courage never changes (5)

21. Scene of gold being put on the furniture item (7)

22. Walker who isn’t a good story-teller (7)

23. A number going to church for fish (5)

DOWN

1. Special skill Reds in BMA need, perhaps (7,6)

2. Prayer of communist in the company (5)

3. A team dies out (4)

4. Peril in digging up the garden (6)

5. Story London, for example, has written with wisdom (8)

6. Jealous of endless souvenir exchange (7)

7. Points to the Cockney’s mouth (5,3,5)

12. Paint where the bird came from (8)

13. Turn Tam out in a fit of rage (7)

15. Somehow merits a title (6)

18. Gather there’s a different angle (5)

19. Encourage in crime for a wager (4)