17 February 2022

Crossword by Boffles

No.312

Across

    1  Flavoursome snack is the last one ? (6,5)

    8  Picks at party food (7)

    9  Old style counters (5)

  10  Made cheese (4)

  11  Almond (but not bitter) biscuits (8)

  13  Shellfish you need to winkle meat from (6)

  14  Crazy Spice Girl? (6)

  17  How to protect against short circuits (8)

  19  Irish area discovered whren old PM fails to score (4)

  21  Follow girl after directions (5)

  22  Unstable element found in electric cars (7)

  23  Vessel has another one for cooking? (5,6)

Down

    1  Vegetable makes money informally (7)

    2  Dances lose start for slippery migrants (4)

    3  Seed open to cooking? (6)

    4  A stouter variety of fish? (3,5)

    5  Traditional Sunday dish (5)

    6  Where to read old magazines and think about your teeth inter alia (7,5)

    7  Junior scribes who can take a risk (12)

  12  Pans out when talents embrace film alien (8)

  15  Vegetarians will certainly not eat in this beefy way (7)

  16  Street girl is a classic star (6)

  18  2dn might well appear on your plate of it (5)

  20  Shorthand for Roman and others (2,2)