20 December 2018
Crossword by Boffles
No.183
Across
7 A bit of bacon for the more careless (6)
8 No point in casting them before the unpleasant and uncultured (6)
9 Remove simple structure (4)
10 Kind of change that at least makes you look better (8)
11 Sort of income HMRC has an interest in (7)
13 What Scouts get tied up in? (5)
15 Ruin at sea (5)
16 Do they also have their name in heavenly lights? (2-5)
18 A coming together frequent in schools (8)
19 Pastry you need to bake well? (4)
21 Tsarist decrees (6)
22 Its theatre is ridiculous (6)
Down
1 Carl Philipp Emanuel or Johann Sebastian? (4)
2 A dairy product to gorge on? (7,6)
3 Sort of battery found in prison accommodation without damp? (3,4)
4 Sexual advance results in a degree without honours (1,4)
5 Trial faced by potential fathers (9,4)
6 Covered walk found in colleges and cathedrals (8)
12 Time to party after a day on the slopes (5-3)
14 For some jihad, for others crusade (4,3)
17 Chasm you do not want to be on the edge of (5)
20 Uncommon way to serve meat (4)