Metro Cryptic Crossword Clues Tuesday, 9 May 2023

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Across

Number Clues Answers
1 They have come into force (9) POLICEMEN
8 A celebration will produce a stir (3) ADO
9 The main channels for voyages (3,8) SEAPASSAGES
11 Mark now has become an employee (7) WORKMAN
12 A place from which to extract a chemical (5) AMINE
13 Does one give hearty approval? (6) TICKER
15 Present-day sage adapted old maxims (6) ADAGES
17 Travels back in the reverse direction (5) RIDES
18 Grounds for putting a lad in the reserves (7) REASONS
20 Leading musicians who are not permitted to teach, we hear (11) BANDMASTERS
22 Insect brought back for use by the fisherman (3) DOR
23 Tend, maybe, to fish inside – caught in a net (9) ENTANGLED

Down

Number Clues Answers
2 A source of metal for Scandinavian coin (3) ORE
3 Occult power causing a large number injury (5) CHARM
4 Stone workers operating in a crowd (6) MASONS
5 Mean one to be pullin’ up (7) NIGGARD
6 Putting slip in ballot box – it may resolve a moot point (7,4) CASTINGVOTE
7 Female entertainers (9) HOSTESSES
10 A word to conjure with! (11) ABRACADABRA
11 Wide rates fluctuating at the bank (9) WATERSIDE
14 Intrinsic quality of transformation scenes before the end of the pantomime (7) ESSENCE
16 Not late to produce a cue (6) PROMPT
19 But it may not attract a light sentence! (5) ARSON
21 To feel remorse the French way (3) RUE