Simply Daily Puzzles

Coffee Break Cryptic


9 March



Across

1Flowers taken to a northern town or part of London (10)
7Only a bit biased (7)
8Monster helping to make progress (4)
10But this flower is not always pink (4)
11Wine held out in capital city (3,5)
13River set back, going round bad actor (6)
15Tree cultivated by Anna (6)
17Ships not completing first gear change (8)
18Snakes pass out (4)
21Tea-time talk? (4)
22Claret's odd colour (7)
23Seas's inlets eroding main points (10)

Down

1A Scottish poet is ardent (5)
2Skip in the Dolomites (4)
3Hit back, meeting hindrance from striker (6)
4Showy American street (8)
5Rugby Union convention in the country? (7)
6Drinks produced if a priest is tispy (9)
9Oddly, Maine's not an American state! (9)
12Humorous exchange - exchange for pear tree! (8)
14A frivolous school head comes to rest (7)
16A county - it provides accommodation (3-3)
19Things for one to do (5)
20Airborne soldier gets a knock, coming back (4)