ACROSS
- 6 Caribbean music company without plays, perhaps (7)
- 7 Object not quite reserved (5)
- 9 Hostelry provided some dinner (3)
- 10 Carthorse provided by musicians (9)
- 12 Cosmetic lacquer ran in lavish fashion (4,7)
- 15 Abrasive scene I'm up to, perhaps (6,5)
- 17 Weep about awfully barren source of fruit (9)
- 19 Frighten an animal (3)
- 21 An animal returns with joint (5)
- 22 Agrees to have fastenings around everything (7)
DOWN
- 1 Possibly a pint of emulsion (5)
- 2 Whiskey produced in four years (3)
- 3 Ruler of rats? (4)
- 4 It adds flavour as one's gin is mixed (9)
- 5 Possibly insures for the dawn (7)
- 8 What it could be right to frustrate (6)
- 11 Explanation for restriction on supply of beer (9)
- 13 One said to begin German songs (6)
- 14 Fruit making a dog behave angrily (7)
- 16 Famous number by Mr Heath (5)
- 18 Genuine earl, perhaps (4)
- 20 Fairylike creature who's a little selfish (3)