-
1a
Pontificate (6)
-
4a
Evade (5)
-
7a
Mellifluous (6)
-
8a
Group within a group (6)
-
9a
School payment(s), for example (4)
-
10a
Vague talk and empty promises (8)
-
12a
Subversive element working for the opposition (6,5)
-
17a
Curry dish — Avon lido (anag) (8)
-
19a
Weep copiously (4)
-
20a
Deodorant applicator (4-2)
-
21a
Heavily populated island in the Gulf of Naples (6)
-
22a
Communal fund (5)
-
23a
Dangerous (6)
-
1d
Wise (7)
-
2d
Prominent cubist (7)
-
3d
Feline cry (9)
-
4d
Uncertainty (5)
-
5d
Areas like the Sahara (7)
-
6d
Lure (6)
-
11d
Like Emperor Haile Selassie? (9)
-
13d
Curl of hair (7)
-
14d
1938 novel, starting: 'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again' (7)
-
15d
Well read (7)
-
16d
Czech composer, d. 1904 (6)
-
18d
Kind of aunt? (5)
