Across
4
Ancient counting device (6)
9
Connoisseur of good food (7)
10
Alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river (5)
11
Broken stone for road construction/repair (5)
12
Sharp and forthright (7)
13
Unexpectedly successful candidate (4,5)
17
Annual calendar/handbook (7)
19
Complete range or scope (5)
21
Proiection, backing (5)
23
Overnight airplane flight (6)
Down
1
The offence of having two spouses (6)
2
Assume a crouching position (5)
7
Sample piece of fabric (6)
8
Businessman’s bag (7,4)
13
Part-human and part-divine (7)
14
Syncopated musical style popular in the early twentieth century (7)
15
Market of small shops and stalls (6)
16
Under the most favourable conditions (2,4)