CRYPTIC

Backs between full and half such as North South and East (5-8)

8. A European client Anton became (11)

12. Might have stayed with regular boyfriend (6)

14. It’s the way one is in the world around us (6)

16. & ] ^ _`

18. Spinner might be a monkey of a sort (6)

19. Cressy parks laid out with towering blocks (11)

23. They have their blooming beds to look at (6,7)

Down 1.

In Greenwich, I claim it is fashionable (4)

2. One must rely on someone else if it’s ^ & % _;`

3. There is a spirit of justice in its representation of actors (6)

4. A hollow place in America Verne revealed (6)

5. Don’t make the correction: test it out (4)

6. Some particular option given up in examination (4)

9. Old boy likes to construct something like Cleopatra’s Needle (7)

10. Apart from us and possibly ‘is mate (7)

11. It is costly to read about it (4)

12. Either eats a little late or has a drink (4)

13. Dryden would, alternately, change the colour (3)

15. What stings loses its head, so it bites (3)

17. Register a list of a person’s criminal doings (6)

18. We have a say about a ship’s progress (6)

19. < + % ^ up in hotel: ask for it to be shown (4)

20. Boat that makes its way up to Latvian capital (4)

21. Dyed incorrectly, it will move round and round (4)

22. Have a quick drink from the basin in the kitchen (4)