Rae’s cryptic crossword
Across
- 3. Evil in France, grateful on British Isle (5)
- 5. affectionate name for stylish plastic boyfriend (7)
- 6. we began caught in a difficulty or knot (4)
- 8. Bill’s woman has left the hut (8)
- 10. 7 letters and a broken umbrella in the street (8)
- 11. musical trio tangled at net store (8)
- 13. little sleep on back after improvised game (8)
- 14. Teddy exclaimed following a short pain (6)
- 17. storyteller’s family features a gangster! (4)
- 18. saucy Italian is drunk at a bar with sophisticated robot (9)
- 19. affection is doused in chlorine, and “love you” falls flat (8)
- 20. boy repeating digits (4)
Down
- 1. bay near to chalky shortcut (6)
- 2. You’re fortunate, Miss Liu- you just need more potassium! (5)
- 4. Half look after crimson-back elephant (5)
- 7. hungry guest enjoys part of an ice lolly then a baked treat! (6)
- 9. Alive in Yorkshire prior following the conflict (secondary) (7)
- 10. band finished in a dull colour (8)
- 12. Ginger slopes home (7)
- 15. an engaging location, where the banshee owl stirs (10)
- 16. can’t nerds find another way to rise above? (8)