Cryptic #1
Across
- 2. Metropolis annexed after new financial year without losses means warm sun in winter.
- 3. Precocious fruit comes in mixed pair basket.
- 4. Ending first and then a second gerund position.
- 6. Musical instrument persists with first harmony.
- 8. French article carries my citrus.
- 9. Stella coffee company incorporates US currency.
- 11. See condition which develops from a public shame and autistic tendency.
- 13. Packed pointless compass performs without need for face.
- 15. Earthy scent stems from unconventional choir following abandoned world wonder.
- 17. Repeated word baffled a orphan.
- 19. After Alexander and Graham make call.
- 20. Military weapon forms counterpoint.
- 21. Long rule puts rank after duty.
- 22. Beatle adds long time to prison.
Down
- 1. Russian author rewrites Vivian Darkbloom.
- 5. Storage is primarily replaced in California airport with okay entrance.
- 7. Lost period discovered by whole step in wisdom.
- 10. Old quality forms phase.
- 12. Japanese watch first knock out after beginner sumo encounter.
- 14. Old empire endlessly aspires reformation.
- 16. Fake squeak irritates government bureaucracy.
- 18. Software without further wrong excel bugs initially.