Across
- 1. Honest defensive building is to be found in one of the USA's state capitals 9
- 4. Strike terrestrially as it's clustered around London's St James 8
- 5. Hunting horn call with duel challenge describes financial loan 8
- 6. USA founder of famous store finds knitting essential meritorious 9
- 7. Hellenic description for charged atom/molecule with male forename 6
- 9. Horse rider is first excluded and cunningly deceived 9
- 12. Pale, heavy and licentious 6
- 13. Abbreviated bond cries out as troops move into a more open space 7
- 14. Very active sound of insects 5
- 15. Calm offspring has adustable jaws 8
- 18. Maritime, short verbal agreement before an old, rocky face is found in County Durham 8
- 19. Short, helpful trip is an addition after making a mistake 6
- 20. Does bovid shin shorten rope? Certainly knot 11
Down
- 2. Wing element is confined, but still protects 7
- 3. Male Deer has musical instrument and is used to revive 9
- 8. Impersonal pronoun precedes one and unites, making a public statement 12
- 10. It is short, as is Susan, but is thin, soft and disposable 6
- 11. Postulate, little Ronald, about an atomic particle, but don't be negative 8
- 16. Immoral person gives temporarily to ferocious fish, albeit at a exorbitant rate of interest 4,5
- 17. Early flower annoys in Eastern Europe 8