ACROSS
- 1 Floating beacon which illuminates the joint (9)
- 8 Neither Pole has the gold (3)
- 9 Smooth, top journalist with common sense (5-6)
- 11 A layman with a difference from Asia (7)
- 12 Imply it's fashionable to back the umpire (5)
- 13 A small calculator is heavier (6)
- 15 Of one mind over silver rush (6)
- 17 Wide-awake to later developments (5)
- 18 Landlords mentioned in despatches? (7)
- 20 Poet redeemed broken vehicle gauge (11)
- 22 I see myself in begonias (3)
- 23 Drill team in a muddle - it's routine drudgery (9)
DOWN
- 2 Anger when father removes his top (3)
- 3 Account for tea with a colleague (5)
- 4 Work for a cobbler - pointless weeding (6)
- 5 Treading softly on material (7)
- 6 Unconcerned when batting is out of the ordinary (11)
- 7 Sticks out for prigs on top of ruined tor (9)
- 10 Save Linda or fail with just cause (5,6)
- 11 Mother's said to be wholly slaughtered (9)
- 14 Beg for Parisian in pleasant surprise (7)
- 16 A token promise? (6)
- 19 After half-time, returned dull and faint-hearted (5)
- 21 Point at the Spanish fish (3)