yword Crypquick #21

yword crypquick · by team yword · · 13×13

send the game's link to anyone you want to solve with: you'll see each other's letters appear as you type. or just solve it on your own. no account needed.

Across clues are cryptic. Down clues quick.

across

  1. 1Stands up like Jerry can? (5,5)
  2. 7French bike crashed after muscles release (7)
  3. 8Walk-in centre advertises (5)
  4. 10Mad hipsters for company (4)
  5. 11Clooney drops E with McKellen, period (8)
  6. 13Core is missed initially by missile (6)
  7. 15Foul-mouthed individual sounds like an icon (6)
  8. 17Depressed, I stick endlessly, which is cruel (8)
  9. 18Cave reorganised with French style (4)
  10. 21Edge into empty cottage for wrongdoing (5)
  11. 22Weird avenue, without end, where French is mixed and lacking pedigree (7)
  12. 23Chase after a loser ne'er-do-well, not good enough to be single? (5,5)

down

  1. 1Looks after (at home) (5)
  2. 2Pleasant intonation (4)
  3. 3Planted – ranked (6)
  4. 4Post-beach application? (5,3)
  5. 5Yes, I led (anag) (7)
  6. 6Genre based on the 'Four on the Floor' rhythm (5,5)
  7. 9The world's first credit card, conceived in 1949 when the founder forgot his wallet at a restaurant (6,4)
  8. 12Jacques ........, oceanographer and filmaker (9)
  9. 14What Neo chooses to take in The Matrix (3,4)
  10. 16Small seal (on a ring) (6)
  11. 19Top cut? (1-4)
  12. 20Canned fish (4)